Blackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary Practice Management Consult, Second Edition has been extensively updated and expanded, with 55 new topics covering subjects such as online technologies, hospice care, mobile practices, compassion fatigue, practice profitability, and more. Carefully formatted using the popular Five-Minute Veterinary Consult style, the book offers fast access to authoritative information on all aspects of practice management. This Second Edition is an essential tool for running a practice, increasing revenue, and managing staff in today’s veterinary practice. Addressing topics ranging from client communication and management to legal issues, financial management, and human resources, the book is an invaluable resource for business management advice applicable to veterinary practice. Sample forms and further resources are now available on a companion website. Veterinarians and practice managers alike will find this book a comprehensive yet user-friendly guide for success in today’s challenging business environment.

Veterinarians are increasingly aware of the need to recognise they are working in a business enterprise. From operating as small practices twenty years ago, veterinary businesses are now run along sophisticated models and operate out of multi-million pound hospitals. Drawing together the latest information on practice management, this textbook provides practical and straightforward coverage of major elements, including client relationships and staff management, business and financial procedures, computer systems and project management. With a focus on practical solutions and a section dedicated to useful, everyday checklists and templates, this book is a necessary tool for any practice manager and a valuable guide for veterinary students.

Veterinary Practice Management provides all the practical tips for managing and improving the financial performance of a veterinary practice. Mandatory reading for all owners and veterinary practice managers, it also proves indispensable for commercial veterinary companies and independent outlets alike as well as for all members of the veterinary practice team and representatives who visit veterinary practice managers. - Helps the new manager whether from a veterinary background or elsewhere - Includes issues around staff recruitment and training, recommending specific pet insurance to clients, new RCVS standards, RCVS Code of Professional Conduct and Medicines Regulations - Contains new information on energy and environmental waste management both essential to modern practices - Relates theory to practice through practical advice and top tips - Provides essential reading for all those taking practice management examinations or continuing professional development courses

A current and cutting-edge reference, Current Therapy in Avian Medicine and Surgery takes the popular Current Therapy approach in providing succinct and clear information pertinent to the medical care of avian species. Most chapters include an up-to-date delivery of the current state of knowledge on their subject material, and provide practical approaches and thought processes applicable to diagnosis and therapy where appropriate. Information is always easy to find, with topics including the latest advances in internal medicine; behavioral medicine; anesthesia, analgesia, and surgery. Sections dedicated to welfare, conservation, and practice risk management explore important, but less commonly discussed aspects of avian practice; and the pattern recognition portion of the text offers readers a view of what companion bird conditions are likely to be seen in practice in different parts of the world. Written by a team of highly regarded contributors from around the world, this text helps readers, regardless of location and current knowledge, develop and augment skills in the medical and surgical care of avian species. - The Current Therapy format provides current, up-to-date, succinct and clear information pertinent to the medical and surgical care of avian species. - Coverage of clinically significant topics includes current veterinary scientific literature and hot topics relating to today's avian medicine and surgery. - Coverage of a wide variety of bird species includes psittacines, pigeons, raptors, ratites, waterfowl, gallinaceous birds, and less common species. - More than 800 full-color images show avian disease, management strategies and thought processes, and aid in formulating guidelines to care. - World-renowned, expert contributors provide cutting-edge information, offering authoritative, accurate, and sometimes controversial opinions in many areas of study. - Summary tables simplify the lookup of key facts and treatment guidelines. - References in each chapter facilitate further reading and research on specific topics.

UPDATED Pet Health Insurance and Wellness Programs chapter describes how pet insurance and wellness programs may integrated into a successful business. UPDATED chapters include the most current information on team management, human resources, marketing, inventory management, and preparing and maintaining a budget. UPDATED coverage of technology and procedures includes new computer screen shots, new photos, revised What Would You Do/Not Do boxes addressing real-life situations, and a glossary, helping you make a smooth transition into the workplace.

- Comprehensive coverage of practice management skills includes leadership, financial management, and strategic planning, as well as telephone skills, appointment scheduling, admitting and discharging patients, and communicating with clients. - Coverage of clinical assisting ranges from examinations and history-taking for patients, to kennels and boarding procedures. - Veterinary Ethics and Legal Issues chapter helps you learn to protect the practice and run a practice based on ethical principles and veterinary laws. - End-of-chapter review questions reinforce key concepts and measure mastery of the content. - End-of-chapter Practice Managers Survival Checklist allows you to review the most essential information. - Versatile text can be used by practice managers to study for the CVPM exam. - Updated content highlights important technological and professional updates to the field impacting medical record management. - New chapters covering telehealth and practice integrative management software are included. - Current coverage includes a revised Leadership, Professional Development and Human Resources chapter and expanded content in Strategic Planning and Marketing chapters.

Immerse yourself in every aspect of the veterinary technology field with McCurnin's Clinical Textbook for Veterinary Technicians, 9th Edition, covering small and large animals, birds, reptiles, and small mammals. With a new zoonoses theme threaded throughout each chapter, this comprehensive text describes how each disease affects the host, how it is spread, and how it is treated. Case presentations provide you with relevant, real-life scenarios so you can practice your critical thinking and decision-making skills. - Introduction to the concept of the Technician Practice Model ensures that excellent nursing care is provided to each patient. - Content on fluid therapy and transfusion medicine keeps you current and prepared for success in practice. - Thorough coverage of electrocardiography included in the Emergency Nursing chapter to teach you how to interpret, and how to examine and differentiate, normal from abnormal and dangerous from non-dangerous. - Case presentations provide you with real-life scenarios so you can practice your critical thinking and decision-making skills. - Large animal care is integrated throughout the book with medical records, dentistry, physical examination, surgical instrumentation, surgical assistance, emergency care, and euthanasia, in addition to the individual Large Animal Medical Nsing chapter, to prepare you to care for large animals. - A chapter dedicated to birds, reptiles, and small mammals keeps you up-to-date with care and treatment for these increasingly popular pets. - Comprehensive chapters on pharmacology, pain management, restraint, and veterinary oncology offer a broader understanding of the responsibilities of a technician. - Vet Tech Threads design emphasizes important study points and ensures you understand the content introduced to you. - Step-by-step instructions and photographs show you how to perform dozens of procedures, and make information readily accessible in emergency and clinical situations. - Evolve site with TEACH instructor resources, an image collection, and a test bank accompanies the text, and provides instructors with everything they need to successfully teach each chapter and evaluate students' progress. - NEW! Chapter on Veterinary Oncology contains fundamental information on veterinary cancers and current therapies. - NEW! Toxicology chapter provides an overview of toxic substances and treatments while helping you understand how to recognize, assess, and manage poison concerns. - NEW! The theme of zoonotics is threaded throughout each chapter and emphasized appropriately to increase your understanding of how each disease affects the host, how it is spread, how it is treated, and the necessary safety precautions. - NEW! A 2017 winner of the William Holmes McGuffey Longevity Award ("McGuffey") from the Text and Academic Authors Association (TAA). The "McGuffey" recognizes textbooks and learning materials whose excellence has been demonstrated over time.

- NEW! Updated exercises reflect the new content in McCurnin's Clinical Textbook for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses, 10th Edition.