Contents -- Foreword -- Guide for Readers -- Abbreviations and Symbols -- Editorial Board -- Contributors -- Circulatory System -- Digestive System -- Eye and Ear -- Endocrine System -- Generalized Conditions -- Immune System -- Integumentary System -- Metabolic Disorders -- Musculoskeletal System -- Nervous System -- Reproductive System -- Respiratory System -- Urinary System -- Behavior -- Clinical Pathology and Procedures -- Emergency Medicine and Critical Care -- Exotic and Laboratory Animals -- Management and Nutrition -- Public Health -- Pharmacology -- Poultry -- Toxicology -- Reference Guides -- Index

The Merck Veterinary Manual (MVM) covers all domesticated species and diseases in veterinary medicine worldwide. This completely revised and redesigned new edition of the veterinary classic uses a two-column format and color throughout for easy-to-read text and tables. Hundreds of color images enhance and illustrate the text. In addition to extensive revisions and updates, this edition includes a new section on public health and zoonoses, expanded coverage of fish and aquaculture, new chapters on backyard poultry, toxicologic workplace hazards, smoke inhalation, and additional coverage of numerous new and emerging topics in veterinary medicine.