Key features: Stresses safety in handling, restraint, and
containment of animals Covers handling and restraint of all
domestic and common tamed animals and provides information on
normal animal behavior and welfare Discusses how to recognize signs
in animals of poor handling and containment Reviews zoonotic
disease risks to animal handlers, particularly from
normal-appearing animals, and how to avoid transmission of disease
Features over 200 informative line drawings for clarity and
simplicity of illustration Explains how to tie useful knots and
hitches and when to use them for restraint Includes basic ethical
considerations and legal liabilities of animal handling and
containment Presents steps to prevent animal escapes, barn fires,
and problems with transport Authored by an experienced veterinary
educator in clinical medicine for veterinarians, veterinary
students, pre-veterinary students, veterinary technicians and
technologists, animal scientists, and animal owners Proper handling
and restraint are essential to the welfare of captive animals,
allowing them to be examined, groomed and treated in ways that
contribute to their optimum quantity and quality of life. The aim
of the book is to prepare future or current veterinarians and
veterinary technologists, technicians/nurses, and assistants to be
able to handle animals more safely and gain the confidence of
animals and their owners. In turn, they will be able to instruct
owners in proper animal handling methods, reducing the risk of
physical injury or mutual infectious diseases. Throughout the book,
the author emphasises that each animal is an individual and each
handling environment provides its own advantages and disadvantages:
handling an animal safely, humanely and efficiently requires
practical knowledge of the species' normal behaviour. This is
explored in detail in each of the species-based chapters, which
cover proper handling of domestic household and laboratory animals,
as well as farm and ranch animals where safe handling aids the
producer in both humane practice and greater profitability. After
reading this book, the practitioner or student will be versed in
the most basic part of the art of veterinary medicine: the safe
handling of animals.
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