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Veterinary Vaccines: Principles and Applications
by Samia MetwallyProvides a concise and authoritative reference on the use of vaccines against diseases of livestock Compiled by Senior Animal Health Officers at The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and with contributions from international leading experts, Veterinary Vaccines: Principles and Applications is a concise and authoritative reference featuring easily readable reviews of the latest research in vaccinology and vaccine immune response to pathogens of major economic impact to livestock. It covers advice and recommendations for vaccine production, quality control, and effective vaccination schemes including vaccine selection, specifications, vaccination programs, vaccine handling in the field, application, failures, and assessment of herd protection. In addition, the book presents discussions on the current status and potential future developments of vaccines and vaccination against selected transboundary animal diseases. Provides a clear and comprehensive guide on using veterinary vaccines to protect livestock from diseases Teaches the principles of vaccinology and vaccine immune response Highlights the vaccine production schemes and standards for quality control testing Offers easy-to-read reviews of the most current research on the subject Gives readers advice and recommendations on which vaccination schemes are most effective Discusses the today’s state of vaccines and vaccination against selected transboundary animal diseases as well as possible future developments in the field Veterinary Vaccines: Principles and Applications is an important resource for veterinary practitioners, animal health department officials, vaccine scientists, and veterinary students. It will also be of interest to professional associations and NGO active in livestock industry.
Veterinary Zootoxicology
by Murray E. FowlerOnly clinically oriented volume devoted to poisonous animals and venoms. Veterinary Zootoxicology provides an excellent overview of the state of the art in venom research. Clinical problems encountered in the United States are emphasized, but situations that occur in other areas of the world are examined as well. The book describes clinical syndromes caused by poisonous animals and provides facts, techniques, methodologies, and regimens designed to improve the clinical management of animals envenomated by other animals. Veterinary Zootoxicology is ideal for practicing veterinarians, students, instructors, wildlife biologists, and others who must know how to evaluate, diagnose, and treat envenomated animals.
Veterinary and Animal Ethics
by Sandra Corr Martin Whiting Stephen May Christopher Wathes Steven MccullochThe first International Conference on Veterinary and Animal Ethics (ICVAE) held in September 2011 saw leading experts from across the world come together to discuss the most important issues of animal welfare in contemporary veterinary practice and research. <P><P>This is the extended proceedings of that conference, enabling all those interested in this increasingly significant subject to benefit from the insights of those discussions. The conference was divided into four sessions: Principles of veterinary and animal ethics; Justifying ends - the morality of animal use; Ethical analyses of animal use; and Cultural, political, legal and economic considerations. Each session contained four or five papers, and these are presented here in full, as well as the transcribed question and answer sessions at the end of each paper, and a short post-presentation reflection from each author. Also included is the debate on the motion 'Is it better to have lived and lost than never to have lived at all?' which records three prepared responses to the question as well as registrants' comments from the floor. KEY FEATURES * Contributions from the leading thinkers in veterinary and animal ethics today * Includes stimulating, challenging, thought-provoking and sometimes controversial discussions * Addresses key questions on the role of the veterinarian and the morality of animal use, as well as our impact on wildlife * Provides guidance on the practical application of ethical principles and the problems encountered Published as part of the UFAW Animal Welfare book series. See www.wiley.com/go/ufaw for more details.
Veterinäronkologie kompakt
by Robert KlopfleischDas Buch gibt einen umfassenden und prägnanten Überblick über die grundsätzlichen Mechanismen der Tumorentstehung, diskutiert die relevantesten Tumoren der Haustiere im Detail und adressiert die Herangehensweise an die Tumordiagnose und -therapie. Die Kapitel enthalten zahlreiche makroskopische, histologische und zytologische Abbildungen zum besseren Verständnis der vermittelten Inhalte und stellt deshalb eine praktische Alternative zur ausschweifenden Spezialliteratur dar.Die Onkologie spielt sowohl als Lehrgebiet im Tiermedizinstudium als auch im täglichen Praxisleben des Tierarztes eine zunehmend wichtige Rolle. Veterinäronkologie kompakt richtet sich deshalb als umfassendes und gleichzeitig aber kurz gefasstes Nachschlagwerk sowohl an Tiermedizinstudenten als auch an den klinisch tätigen Tierarzt, der als Nichtspezialist einen schnellen Überblick und die wichtigsten Fakten zu einer spezifischen Tumorart benötigt.
Vets Might Fly
by James HerriotThis book by James Herriot finds the young vet from Glasgow thrown into another new environment as he joins the RAF to serve in World War II. He tells a bit of his experiences in air force blue, looking at service life with characteristic dry humour, but his heart is still in the green hills of Yorkshire, with his newly-married wife and his animal patients. The book is mostly about those things and the eternal fascinating challenge of veterinary work. As James Herriot’s thoughts wander back over the rich memories from his life as a veterinary surgeon, a host of new characters and old friends, animal and human, march across the pages, all revealing Herriot himself with his dedication to the job and his unequalled capacity for seeing the silly side of things. The doctoring of animals is interwoven with triumph and failure, humour and sadness. And behind it all there is a constant awareness of the countryside, the stark beauty of the high Yorkshire dales. This is a book for those who love animals, the country and laughter.
Vetter Health Services (Images of Modern America)
by Danita Naimoli Diane NealJack and Eldora Vetter began Vetter Health Services (VHS) in 1975 with the belief that elderly people deserve dignity in life. Forty years later, what began as the couple's personal mission has grown to include more than 30 award-winning senior-care facilities home to 2,200 residents and patients who are cared for by 3,500 team members. Based in Elkhorn, Nebraska, VHS is recognized as a national leader in providing safe, comfortable, and happy senior living centers. Each facility is built around the individual needs of residents and the community; every aspect of care and operation is shaped by the VHS mission, vision, and values. Support and expertise are always available from administrators and team members who share Jack and Eldora Vetter's heart for service and passion for excellence. Together, they are changing the view of long-term care for senior citizens.
Vexation Lullaby: A Novel
by Justin Tussing"Justin Tussing rocks the rock novel. Vexation Lullaby is pure raw pleasure from start to finish." -Lily King, author of EuphoriaPeter Silver is a young doctor treading water in the wake of a breakup-his ex-girlfriend called him a "mama's boy" and his best friend considers him a "homebody," a squanderer of adventure. But when he receives an unexpected request for a house call, he obliges, only to discover that his new patient is aging, chameleonic rock star Jimmy Cross. Soon Peter is compelled to join the mysteriously ailing celebrity, his band, and his entourage, on the road. The so-called "first physician embedded in a rock tour," Peter is thrust into a way of life that embraces disorder and risk rather than order and discipline. Trailing the band at every tour stop is Arthur Pennyman, Cross's number-one fan. Pennyman has not missed a performance in twenty years, sacrificing his family and job to chronicle every show on his website. Cross insists that "being a fan is how we teach ourselves to love," and, in the end, Pennyman does learn. And when he hears a mythic, as-yet-unperformed song he starts to piece together the puzzle of Peter's role in Cross's past.
Vibrational Acupuncture: Integrating Tuning Forks with Needles
by Mary Elizabeth Wakefield MichelAngeloSound healing therapy is rapidly gaining recognition as an important complementary medicine modality; this ground-breaking book uniquely presents techniques, based upon Chinese medicine theory, for integrating the use of precision calibrated Ohm planetary tuning forks and acupuncture needles, to create a new modality, Vibrational Acupuncture™. The chapters include:An overview of Quantum Music Theory™Guidelines for using tuning forks with or without needlesInsights into our genetic imprint, the Eight Extraordinary meridiansAnti-exhaustion treatments for readers caught in an excessively busy and dissonant worldTreatments for saggy neck and temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJ)Treatments for balancing the twin hemispheres of the brain, and alchemically lacing the Three JiaosAn introduction to vibrational remedies and moreAn overview of the use of healing sound as a palliative to global technological addiction, and how it restores essential harmony to a world that is seriously out of balance
Vibrational Spectroscopy for Tissue Analysis (Series in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering)
by Ihtesham ur Rehman Zanyar Movasaghi Shazza RehmanA rapidly growing field, vibrational spectroscopy has found applications in industries including pharmaceutical manufacture, food and drug safety, and process monitoring on production lines. In particular, interest in clinical spectroscopy is rising rapidly as researchers recognize the potential of the vibrational spectroscopic techniques-Infrared
Vibrio spp. Infections (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology #1404)
by Salvador Almagro-Moreno Stefan PukatzkiThis book addresses current topics on pathogenic Vibrio spp. from a comprehensive and holistic perspective. Here, experts in the field provide timely chapters, ranging from genomics, pathogen emergence, and epidemiology to pathogenesis, virulence regulation and host colonization. Questions addressed include: How does climate change affect the spread of these bacteria? What is the status of current vaccines? Are there novel therapeutic options to treat Vibrio infections? Is there likelihood of emergence of new pathogenic strains or species? Can insights from mathematical models and epidemiology lead to prediction of pathogen outbreaks?Recent decades have seen a steady increase in Vibrio spp. infections originating in aquatic and marine habitats, driven by higher human population densities, warming of polluted oceans, natural and human-made disasters, and mass seafood production. These conditions increase the likelihood of pathogenic Vibrio spp. coming into contact with humans, making their study even more timely and relevant as these problems escalate over time. This book is a valuable resource for health management professionals, experienced microbiologists/ microbial ecologists, and early career scientists alike who want to learn more about these important environmental human pathogens. The ideas and technologies presented in this book for preventing, controlling, and monitoring Vibrio spp. infections contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being.
Vice in the Barracks
by Erica WaldThis book examines the colonial state's approach to venereal disease and 'vice'-driven health risks in the first half of the nineteenth century. Further, it shows that these decisions had wide-ranging and often surprising consequences not simply for the army itself, but for India and the empire more broadly. Shortlisted for the 2014 Templer Award.
Victim Advocacy before the International Criminal Court
by Elizabeth King Rianne Letschert Sam Garkawe Erin PobjieThis book is a practical guide for advocates interested in the representation of victims before the International Criminal Court (ICC). It has been developed by experts responsible for the advocacy training of the International Criminal Court's List of Counsel members. Written in a readily accessible style, this guide provides a firm grounding in relevant legal doctrine, essential advocacy techniques and valuable multidisciplinary perspectives. Drawing upon global expertise from legal practitioners, specialist advocacy trainers and multi-disciplinary writers, this book addresses both practical considerations and key challenges faced by ICC victim advocates. These include issues such as gender, child victims, victims of sexual violence, special need victims and victims who are themselves implicated in international crimes. Through its practical focus on advocacy techniques, hypothetical case studies, checklists, interviews from the field and lists of further resources, this manual equips readers with the knowledge and skills necessary to engage in sophisticated ICC victim advocacy. This book will also appeal to those interested in the workings of International Criminal Law and in victim advocacy and victimology more broadly.
Victor Horsley: The World's First Neurosurgeon and His Conscience
by Michael J. AminoffSir Victor Horsley (1857–1916) was a pioneer who shaped the development of neurosurgery and the direction of clinical medicine through his work with the British Medical Association, Medical Defence Union, and General Medical Council. Before the nervous system could be imaged, Horsley operated successfully on the brain and spinal cord, and performed palliative procedures on patients dying from brain tumours. Nevertheless, he became a social pariah due to his support for nationalised health insurance, child welfare and women's rights, amongst other causes. In this fascinating biography, leading neurologist Dr Michael J. Aminoff places Horsley's life and work in the context of the society in which he lived and explores his influence on the development of neurosurgery and social policies still in effect. The many underlying themes to the book include the interplay of science and politics, and the responsibility of physicians to themselves and for the welfare of society.
Victor McKusick and the History of Medical Genetics
by Clair A. Francomano Krishna R. DronamrajuThis book is being planned as a tribute to Dr. Victor A. McKusick (1921-2008), who is well known as the "father of medical genetics". He was long associated with the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, first as a student in the 1940s, and later as a faculty member, becoming the Chairman of the Department of Medicine at Johns Hopkins. He was a co-founder of GENOMICS and founder and lifelong editor of Mendelian Inheritance in Man, a massive compendium of human syndromes and genetic variants. Dr. McKusick made distinguished contributions to all branches of medical genetics. He was a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and many other academies in the world. He was awarded the National Medal of Science in 2002. He received many other honors including several honorary doctorates. The proposed book will reflect all the fields touched upon by Dr. McKusick's contributions. It will be a valuable source of the latest progress in medical genetics. The contributors are internationally distinguished in their chosen specialties. Besides professional distinction, they are being selected because of their past association with Dr. McKusick, as former students or colleagues who extended his research in some fashion. The proposed book will reflect all the fields touched upon by Dr. McKusick's contributions. It will be a valuable source of the latest progress in medical genetics. The contributors are internationally distinguished in their chosen specialties. Besides professional distinction, they are being selected because of their past association with Dr. McKusick, as former students or colleagues who extended his research in some fashion.
Victorian Material Culture
by Joshua Nall Tatiana Kontou Victoria Mills Boris JardineFrom chatelaines to whale blubber, ice making machines to stained glass, this six-volume collection will be of interest to the scholar, student or general reader alike - anyone who has an urge to learn more about Victorian things. The set brings together a range of primary sources on Victorian material culture and discusses the most significant developments in material history from across the nineteenth century. The collection will demonstrate the significance of objects in the everyday lives of the Victorians and addresses important questions about how we classify and categorise nineteenth-century things. This second volume, ‘Science and Medicine’, will examine objects (from the most significant to the most obscure) that played a part in nineteenth-century scientific developments.
Victorian Material Culture
by Tatiana Kontou Victoria Mills Kara TennantFrom chatelaines to whale blubber, ice making machines to stained glass, this six-volume collection will be of interest to the scholar, student or general reader alike - anyone who has an urge to learn more about Victorian things. The set brings together a range of primary sources on Victorian material culture and discusses the most significant developments in material history from across the nineteenth century. The collection will demonstrate the significance of objects in the everyday lives of the Victorians and addresses important questions about how we classify and categorise nineteenth-century things. This collection brings together a range of primary sources on Victorian material and culture. This volume, ‘Fashionable Things’, will focus on Victorian fads and fashions ranging from chatelains to spiritualist Ouija boards.
Victorian Material Culture
by Richard Menke Tatiana Kontou Victoria MillsFrom chatelaines to whale blubber, ice making machines to stained glass, this six-volume collection will be of interest to the scholar, student or general reader alike - anyone who has an urge to learn more about Victorian things. The set brings together a range of primary sources on Victorian material culture and discusses the most significant developments in material history from across the nineteenth century. The collection will demonstrate the significance of objects in the everyday lives of the Victorians and addresses important questions about how we classify and categorise nineteenth-century things. This collection brings together a range of primary sources on Victorian material and culture. This third volume, ‘Invention and Technology’, will look at a variety of Victorian inventions, both foundational and short-lived.
Victorian Skin: Surface, Self, History
by Pamela K. GilbertIn Victorian Skin, Pamela K. Gilbert uses literary, philosophical, medical, and scientific discourses about skin to trace the development of a broader discussion of what it meant to be human in the nineteenth century. Where is subjectivity located? How do we communicate with and understand each other's feelings? How does our surface, which contains us and presents us to others, function and what does it signify? As Gilbert shows, for Victorians, the skin was a text to be read. Nineteenth-century scientific and philosophical perspectives had reconfigured the purpose and meaning of this organ as more than a wrapping and instead a membrane integral to the generation of the self. Victorian writers embraced this complex perspective on skin even as sanitary writings focused on the surface of the body as a dangerous point of contact between self and others. Drawing on novels and stories by Dickens, Collins, Hardy, and Wilde, among others, along with their French contemporaries and precursors among the eighteenth-century Scottish thinkers and German idealists, Gilbert examines the understandings and representations of skin in four categories: as a surface for the sensing and expressive self; as a permeable boundary; as an alienable substance; and as the site of inherent and inscribed properties. At the same time, Gilbert connects the ways in which Victorians "read" skin to the way in which Victorian readers (and subsequent literary critics) read works of literature and historical events (especially the French Revolution.) From blushing and flaying to scarring and tattooing, Victorian Skin tracks the fraught relationship between ourselves and our skin.
Video Atlas of Hypospadias Surgery
by Tariq O. AbbasHypospadias is one of the most common congenital anomalies caused by an abnormal urethral meatus opening. Currently, no centralized resource gives a comprehensive, organized, and thorough explanation of these processes, even though numerous surgical techniques are in discussion worldwide. This book is a compilation of writings and videos designed to provide essential info on the most common surgical methods for correcting hypospadias. This book aims to add video demonstrations of surgeries conducted by recognized surgeons in the field of hypospadias reconstruction, giving attention to the distinct tips and tricks as well as perspectives that have developed in recent publications that attempt to shed light on the complexities of these complex operations. We have included the contributions of several notable experts whose work may impact hypospadiology practice and research. This book provides much-needed coverage of contemporary advancements in the discipline, which have gotten scantconsideration in other textbooks until now. This book compiles state-of-the-art hypospadias repair techniques for both primary and redo conditions in children and adults harvesting tissues from various sources. Each chapter is accompanied by a video demonstrating the stated process, indications, essential maneuvers, handy tips, and alternate approaches. The book itself covers the treatment of the most prevalent post-operative surgical complications. Therefore, the text and accompanying videos are an excellent resource for pediatric surgeons, urologists, and new surgeons just beginning their careers.
Video Atlas of Intraoperative Applications of Near Infrared Fluorescence Imaging
by Essa M. Aleassa Kevin M. El-HayekThis book represents a head-to-toe guide for clinicians who are interested in applying real-time near infrared (NIR) imaging for their patients. Expert surgeons from around the globe share their experience with NIR imaging, most commonly performed using indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescence. The chapters are structured to include a brief background, indications for use, followed by a technical description of the procedure. Each chapter is also accompanied by video examples and detailed information about necessary equipment, drug dosing, and alternative techniques. A pitfalls section serves as a “lessons learned” segment to bookend each chapter. Authors represent a comprehensive list of surgical subspecialties ranging from neurosurgery to plastic surgery.While it is not meant to serve as an exhaustive summary of ICG use in surgery, the goal is to highlight the successful use of this technology in a number of settings. As the technology and applications continue to expand, Video Atlas of Intraoperative Applications of Near Infrared Fluorescence Imaging serves as a foundation upon which to build.
Video Atlas of Neuromusculoskeletal Ultrasound
by Reza Salman Roghani Jose Juan DiazThis video atlas is an essential resource for clinicians, residents, and students looking to integrate neuromusculoskeletal ultrasound into their practice. Featuring over 500 high-quality videos and images, this comprehensive guide offers a clear, step-by-step approach to normal anatomy, common pathologies, and ultrasound-guided interventions. It includes region-specific instructions for performing joint, muscle, and tendon injections, as well as nerve blocks. Designed for practitioners in pain medicine, physical medicine and rehabilitation, musculoskeletal medicine, orthopedic surgery, rheumatology, and neurology, The Video Atlas of NMSK Ultrasound is the ultimate reference for mastering musculoskeletal ultrasound techniques, from fundamental to advanced procedures.
Video Atlas of Pediatric Endosurgery (VAPE): A Step-By-Step Approach to Common Operations
by Martin Lacher Oliver J. MuenstererThis book brings together state of the art endosurgical techniques on abdominal, gastrointestinal, colorectal and thoracic operations in children, as well as operations of upper urological tract. Each chapter is complemented by a corresponding video of the described procedure, featuring critical maneuvers, useful tips, and alternative approaches. The book itself summarizes each operation, containing illustrations about positioning in the operation theatre, the most important steps of the surgical procedures and the managing of possible complications. The videos are accessible through different devices including desktop or laptop computers, tablets, as well as smartphones, allowing both novice and experienced surgeons to review the procedures on the go, during rounds, or in the operating room. The book and accompanying videos are therefore an invaluable guide for pediatric surgeons as well as young surgeons at the start of their career. Videos and more: Download the free Springer Nature More Media App - Scan dedicated images in this book to stream videos or access and download supplementary material.
Video Bioinformatics
by Bir Bhanu Prue TalbotThe advances of live cell video imaging and high-throughput technologies for functional and chemical genomics provide unprecedented opportunities to understand how biological processes work in subcellular and multicellular systems. The interdisciplinary research field of Video Bioinformatics is defined by Bir Bhanu as the automated processing, analysis, understanding, data mining, visualization, query-based retrieval/storage of biological spatiotemporal events/data and knowledge extracted from dynamic images and microscopic videos. Video bioinformatics attempts to provide a deeper understanding of continuous and dynamic life processes. Genome sequences alone lack spatial and temporal information, and video imaging of specific molecules and their spatiotemporal interactions, using a range of imaging methods, are essential to understand how genomes create cells, how cells constitute organisms, and how errant cells cause disease. The book examines interdisciplinary research issues and challenges with examples that deal with organismal dynamics, intercellular and tissue dynamics, intracellular dynamics, protein movement, cell signaling and software and databases for video bioinformatics. Topics and Features * Covers a set of biological problems, their significance, live-imaging experiments, theory and computational methods, quantifiable experimental results and discussion of results. * Provides automated methods for analyzing mild traumatic brain injury over time, identifying injury dynamics after neonatal hypoxia-ischemia and visualizing cortical tissue changes during seizure activity as examples of organismal dynamics * Describes techniques for quantifying the dynamics of human embryonic stem cells with examples of cell detection/segmentation, spreading and other dynamic behaviors which are important for characterizing stem cell health * Examines and quantifies dynamic processes in plant and fungal systems such as cell trafficking, growth of pollen tubes in model systems such as Neurospora Crassa and Arabidopsis * Discusses the dynamics of intracellular molecules for DNA repair and the regulation of cofilin transport using video analysis * Discusses software, system and database aspects of video bioinformatics by providing examples of 5D cell tracking by FARSIGHT open source toolkit, a survey on available databases and software, biological processes for non-verbal communications and identification and retrieval of moth images This unique text will be of great interest to researchers and graduate students of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Bioengineering, Cell Biology, Toxicology, Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Medical Image Analysis, and Cell Molecular and Developmental Biology. The large number of example applications will also appeal to application scientists and engineers. Dr. Bir Bhanu is Distinguished Professor of Electrical & C omputer Engineering, Interim Chair of the Department of Bioengineering, Cooperative Professor of Computer Science & Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering and the Director of the Center for Research in Intelligent Systems, at the University of California, Riverside, California, USA. Dr. Prue Talbot is Professor of Cell Biology & Neuroscience and Director of the Stem Cell Center and Core at the University of California Riverside, California, USA.
Video Capsule Endoscopy
by Martin Keuchel Friedrich Hagenmüller Hisao TajiriThis book is simultaneously a superb atlas and a detailed guide to all aspects of video capsule endoscopy. History, technique, performance, reading, indications, contraindications, outcomes, complications and alternative methods are described systematically by a large panel of experts. In addition, the full range of small bowel diseases, from the common to the rare, are described and illustrated using a unique and exhaustive collection of capsule endoscopy images that are accompanied by corresponding images of enteroscopy, surgery, radiology and histology whenever possible. The newest technology of colon capsule endoscopy is included and exciting potential future developments are also considered. This book will be indispensable for all who use the technique or are considering establishing a video capsule endoscopy service.
Video Capsule Endoscopy: A Reference Guide and Atlas
by Martin Keuchel, Friedrich Hagenmüller and Hisao TajiriThis book is simultaneously a superb atlas and a detailed guide to all aspects of video capsule endoscopy. History, technique, performance, reading, indications, contraindications, outcomes, complications and alternative methods are described systematically by a large panel of experts. In addition, the full range of small bowel diseases, from the common to the rare, are described and illustrated using a unique and exhaustive collection of capsule endoscopy images that are accompanied by corresponding images of enteroscopy, surgery, radiology and histology whenever possible. The newest technology of colon capsule endoscopy is included and exciting potential future developments are also considered. This book will be indispensable for all who use the technique or are considering establishing a video capsule endoscopy service.