Michael S. Hand Livres

New edition of a text that integrates the science of nutrition with the practice of medicine and surgery to optimize health in small animals. Editors Hand (Kansas State U.), Craig D. Thatcher (Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine), Rebecca L. Remillard (Tufts U.) and Philip Roudebush (Kansas State U.) present 30 contributions that combine knowledge of nutrient metabolism, disease processes, and problematic logistics in the practical day-to-day feeding of animals. Topics include principles of small animal clinical nutrition, pet foods, nutritional management of normal pets and clinical patients, and feeding small mammals, reptiles and birds. Contains several bandw illustrations. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The editors have condensed relevant content from Small Animal Clinical Nutrition 4th ed. into the less cumbersome Pocket Companion.

Content in this textbook is derived from Small Animal Clinical Nutrition, 5th ed. "The purpose of this book is to provide practical, informative, readily accessible, succint feeding plans for healthy and diseased dogs and cats. It is intended for use by busy veterinary health care team members as a clinical tool in treatment/exam rooms"--Preface.