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This book focuses on mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) of animal
origin, including their isolation, characterization, and clinical
applications. After briefly discussing the historical development
of the field of stem cell research, it describes the basic
properties and nature of stem cells particularly in relation to
MSCs. In turn, it reviews materials and methods used to isolate
MSCs from various sources, culture expansion, characterization and
long-term storage. It also explores the therapeutic efficacy,
immunomodulation and anti-inflammatory, and differentiation
properties of MSCs. Importantly, the book discusses the
applications of genetic engineering to enhance the efficacy and
potential of MSCs in regenerative medicine. The book largely
addresses the potential applications of mesenchymal stem cells in
therapies for important species of domesticated animals including
sheep, goats, cattle, buffalo, cats, dogs and horses. Finally, the
book presents an abridgement of challenges and future prospects of
stem cell research and application in medicine, in general and
veterinary sciences, in particular.
This textbook emphasizes the fundamentals of bone fracture and its
fixation, including advanced techniques of osteosynthesis in both
small and large animals. Various fracture fixation techniques and
devices have been described in simple language with the help of
sketches and photographs. The chapter on the basic considerations
in fracture fixation narrates bone structure and types, bone
development and growth regulation, types of fracture and fracture
healing, first aid and emergency treatment, selection of fracture
fixation technique, anesthetic management, and fracture fixation
implants and instruments. The book highlights principles of
different external, internal, and external skeletal fixation
techniques. It also presents various basic and advanced techniques
used to manage specific fractures in different bones, separately
for small and large animal patients. It also includes specific
topics like fracture fixation in young, osteoporotic, and avian
bones, open fracture management, bone grafts and scaffolds, and
fracture fixation complications. Towards the end, the book
elucidates miscellaneous but essential topics in veterinary
orthopedics such as metabolic bone diseases, antebrachial bone
deformities, joint luxations, arthritis, common tendon, and
ligament injuries, bone tumors, and physiotherapy and
rehabilitation of patients. This textbook is essential reading for
veterinary students, practitioners, and researchers working in
veterinary orthopedic surgery.
During the eighteenth and early years of the nineteenth century,
the red tide of British expansion had covered almost the entire
Indian subcontinent, stretching to the borders of the Punjab. There
the great Sikh ruler Ranjit Singh had developed his military forces
to thwart any British advance into his kingdom north of the River
Sutlej. Yet on the death of Ranjit Singh, unworthy successors and
disparate forces fought over his legacy while the British East
India Company seized on the opportunity and prepared for battle. In
the winter of 1845, the First Anglo-Sikh War broke out. From the
start, the two-month campaign was marred by Victorian arrogance and
bluster on the British side and personal ambition, intrigue and
treason in the Sikh camp. Five keenly fought contests ensued,
including the great battle of Ferozeshah where the British force
found itself caught between two powerful Sikh armies and came close
to destruction. Declining to retreat, Sir Hugh Gough, the British
Commander-in-Chief, told his second in command: 'My mind is made
up. If we must perish, it is better that our bones should bleach
honourably at Ferozeshah than rot at Ferozepore: but they shall do
neither the one nor the other.' The fate of the British Empire in
India would be decided that day. Amarpal Singh writes a
warts-and-all tale of a conflict characterised by treachery,
tragedy and incredible bravery on both sides. In an innovative
approach to history writing, the narrative of the campaign is
accompanied by battlefield guides that draw on eyewitness accounts
and invite the reader to take a tour of the battlefields, either
physically or virtually. Fully illustrated with period drawings,
modern-day photographs and new maps, The First Anglo-Sikh War gives
a forgotten conflict the meticulous attention it deserves.
On 10 May 1857, the most serious threat to British supremacy in
India appeared at Meerut, a large military station near Delhi.
After months of increasing tension, sepoys of the 3rd Light Cavalry
along with the 11th and 20th Native Infantry pointedly refused to
use the new cartridges supplied to them. 'The company Raj is over
forever,' declared the men to their British officers as they burned
their cantonments, and the cry of 'Dilhi chalo' (Let's go to Delhi)
was heard as they marched to the old Mughal capital. There the
Mughal empire was declared resurrected and the Emperor Bahadur Shah
Zafar, an ageing pensioner of the British Government, affirmed as
the ruler of all Hindustan once again. With the mutiny spreading
rapidly, it became imperative for the British to recapture Delhi as
the success or failure of the uprising hinged entirely on the
possession of the city and the destruction of the rebel army. It
would take three months of bloody fighting for the British Delhi
Field Force to defeat the rebel sepoys and recapture the city, a
period in which it became unclear quite who besieged whom. Singh
comprehensively narrates the story from the uprising at Meerut to
the climactic capture and sack of Delhi.
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