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Summary: Limited usefulness for veterinary professionals
Review: The Merck Veterinary Manual serves the same purpose as its sister publication, the Merck Manual of Medical Information for human medicine. Anyone in veterinary medicine beyond the second year of vet school is well beyond the scope of this book. It is somewhat useful for the lay public, but a little information can be dangerous when it isn't put into perspective.
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Summary: The vet student's bible
Review: There's a reason my friends and I refer to this as the vet bible; it has an incredible amount of information stated concisely in an easy-to-find format. HIGHLY recommended.
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Summary: The book is very thorough.
Review: This book has everything you need to know about Veterinary Medicine. It is especially helpful if you are a Veterinary Technician and want to become a Veterinarian. You can learn on your own time as with at your job (if you work with animals). I always refer to this book if I do not know what my Veterinarian is talking about or when I see it on a client's chart. It is very easy to comprehend. It would be very helpful to have a Veterinary Medicine Dictionary next to you as you read this book, to look up those terms you just can't figure out the meaning to. I don't have any particular dictonary in mind, though. So, all in all, if you want to become a Veterinarian - you should purchase this "Veterinarian Bible".
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Summary: Very good---you'll never regret buying it
Review: This edition is wonderful, and much easier to read and access than the previous versions. It's a must-have for veterinarians and veterinary technicians (such as myself) alike.
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Summary: Invaluable if you know what you are talking about
Review: This is a great book. If you already know alot, then you will be all set. I've only been an assistant for 2years, and reading this is difficult, if I didn't have a vet dictionary I would be lost. If you are well trained then I see this as a wonderful book to have, maybe invaluable.
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Summary: Invaluable if you know what you are talking about
Review: This is a great book. If you already know alot, then you will be all set. I've only been an assistant for 2years, and reading this is difficult, if I didn't have a vet dictionary I would be lost. If you are well trained then I see this as a wonderful book to have, maybe invaluable.
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Summary: If only i could purchase MVM when I was student...
Review: Very useful book. Exposition language very easy. Altough my english isn't good, I understand and MVM help to me.
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Summary: Great Bathroom Reading For The Layman
Review: Want to know what to feed your sheep? Or your lizard? Want to know why your cow has the sniffles? This book has it!I have an old dogeared (heh) copy of the people book these folks put out. I decided to pick up the veterinary manual after acquiring a rabbit. (I was using the people book to look up feline ailments, which mapped extremely well to the entries in the people book. The rabbit is a little space alien, as far as that goes.) I sat down with some crackers and a cup of coffee and had a blast riffling through the book and pondering over such delightful words are ruminants and ungulates. I felt the book was not the most intuitively organized book I've ever seen, but it's a great reference manual (once you get the hang of it) and is fun to flip through if the only animals you have ever dealt with have been cats and dogs. One big problem is that I will go along reading something and have no idea what species I am reading about. I'm a little concerned about what I am going to do in an emergency. "Now is that a lagomorph problem? Oh wait. It's talking about the patient's trunk! Or is that a uvula?" So, I liked it, but not as much as, say "The Book of the Cat". The rabbit did not (he bit it and shoved it onto the floor) and the cats want to own it (they rubbed their chins on it.) Its a great peek into the lives of farmers and zookeepers at any rate. I wonder how veterinarians feel about it?
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