Publisher's Synopsis
This handbook provides diagnostic, etiologic, and treatment coverage for the management of conditions affecting the locomotor system in small animals. Covers various types of fractures and methods of fixation, lameness and joint surgery, and musculoskeletal diseases. Also discusses acute and chronic bone infections, transplantation, delayed union and nonunion, plating, wiring and pinning techniques, bone grafting, reconstructive joint surgery, osteochondrosis, and more. Includes over 1000 step-by-step line drawings.