Clinical Differential Diagnosis of Bovine Symptoms

Author: Zhang Caijun
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: This book takes a veterinary clinical perspective, focusing on symptom differential diagnosis, breaking down barriers between clinical disciplines, and covering over 50 common symptoms of cattle diseases, including those in internal medicine, surgery, and obstetrics. It provides detailed descriptions of various symptoms, such as fever, weight loss, jaundice (general symptoms), alopecia, itching, and edema (skin system symptoms), arrhythmia, heart murmurs, and anemia (circulatory system symptoms), salivation, diarrhea, and rumination disorders (digestive system symptoms), nasal discharge, cough, and dyspnea (respiratory system symptoms), hematuria, abortion, and infertility (urinary and reproductive system symptoms), as well as the etiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, and differential diagnostic approaches for symptoms like consciousness disorders, paralysis, and spasms (nervous system symptoms), as well as lameness, fractures, and sudden death. While introducing the main symptoms, it also lists accompanying symptoms and relevant diseases to consider. It adopts a tabular format to illustrate the differential diagnosis of possible diseases associated with a particular symptom, making the information concise, clear, and easy to grasp at a glance. This book serves as a reference for practicing veterinarians engaged in clinical veterinary practice, especially those involved in cattle disease diagnosis, treatment, and health management, to enhance their logical thinking and ability to solve practical clinical problems in cattle diseases.