<p><b>A practical guide to identifying risks in veterinary patients and tailoring their care accordingly</b> </p> <p>Pet-specific care refers to a practice philosophy that seeks to proactively provide veterinary care to animals throughout their lives, aiming to keep pets healthy and treat them effectively when disease occurs. <i>Pet-Specific Care for the Veterinary Team</i> offers a practical guide for putting the principles of pet-specific care into action. Using this approach, the veterinary team will identify risks to an individual animal, based on their particular circumstances, and respond to these risks with a program of prevention, early detection, and treatment to improve health outcomes in pets and the satisfaction of their owners. <br /><br />The book combines information on medicine and management, presenting specific guidelines for appropriate medical interventions and material on how to improve the financial health of a veterinary practice in the process. Comprehensive in scope, and with expert contributors from around the world, the book covers pet-specific care prospects, hereditary and non-hereditary considerations, customer service implications, hospital and hospital team roles, and practice management aspects of pet-specific care. It also reviews specific risk factors and explains how to use these factors to determine an action plan for veterinary care. This important book: </p> <ul> <li>Offers clinical guidance for accurately assessing risks for each patient </li> <li>Shows how to tailor veterinary care to address a patient’s specific risk factors </li> <li>Emphasizes prevention, early detection, and treatment </li> <li>Improves treatment outcomes and provides solutions to keep pets healthy and well </li> </ul> <p>Written for veterinarians, technicians and nurses, managers, and customer service representatives, <i>Pet-Specific Care for the Veterinary Team</i> offers a hands-on guide to taking a veterinary practice to the next level of care. </p>
