Bradford P. Smith, David C. Van Metre, Nicola Pusterla The definitive source on large animal care for both students and practitioners. Learn how to use a problem-oriented approach to effectively prevent, diagnose, and treat diseases in horses, cattle, sheep, and goats - based on clinical observation and laboratory and diagnostic testing - with this user-friendly text. Read more Outstanding features include: NEW! Expert Consult platform provides a versatile print and digital resource to meet the needs of veterinayr students and practicing equine and large animal veterinarians. NEW! Global conditions of importance are covered, including those previously not discussed, that exist in Europe, Central and South America, Australia, and New Zealand. NEW! Coverage of emerging and re-emerging diseases includes the new pathogen discovery. NEW! Assessment of vaccination status and susceptibility to infection discusses how antibodi titers can predict protection for some pathogens. NEW! Videos demonstrate how to perform ultrasound imaging on an equine and cow abdomen clearly showing where to position the probe and what depth to use for scans of the kideny, liver, and bowel. NEW! Extensively updated content clarifies the latest research and clinical findings on the West Nile Virus, therapeutic drug monitoring, muscle disorders, GI microbiota, the genetic basis for immune-mediated myositis in Quarter Horses, discoveries in antimicrobial drugs, anthelmintic, vaccines, and more!