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    Wilderness Veterinary Companion for Cruisers and Other Outbackers, is the first serious veterinary guidebook for the lay petowner. It is primarily aimed at cruisers aboard boats and at RV travelers, but it is also destined to be popular among pet owners in general and among pet care workers.
    Wilderness Veterinary Companion offers information to help pet owners recognize health and disease problems, from minor issues to serious disease or injury to emergencies, and aid in determining the necessity or urgency of seeking professional care.
    Unlike other pet care books, however, it takes it to the next level and gives suggestions on how to proceed when professional veterinary care is simply unavailable or too far away to travel. The guide includes recommended drugs and supplies to have on-hand along with dosage information and cautions, and advice on how to proceed. It also provides ratings of procedures according to the caregiver's skill level, in the event that treatment must be undertaken by the owner or a skilled, but non-veterinary, care provider. This book is totally unlike any other pet care book.

Features:

* Loaded with over 350 pages of useful information:

* Descriptions of infectious diseases, how they are spread, vaccinations available, possible treatments

* How to choose a veterinarian now who will still help after you are out cruising

* Some safe and effective treatments that anybody can do

* What to do about worms and other internal parasites

* Medications and supplies to have on hand, recommended according to skill level and anticipated trip duration
* Allergies and suggested treatments

* How and what to feed your pet while you are out cruising
* Handling injuries caused by dangerous marine life, porcupines, toad poisoning, skunks, and other animals
* Recognizing and dealing with lacerations, sprains, strains, dislocations, and fractures
* A variety of emergencies and suggested treatments
* Animal restraint - how to do it properly
* Pilling and injection advice
* How to calculate a proper drug dosage
* Common issues from ear infections to toe nail trims to anal gland infections
* How to treat ears and how to use eye drops
* Up-to-date advice for dealing with quarantine and entrance requirements when checking into foreign countries
* Supportive treatment that you can try for the very sick pet while you're trying to find a veterinarian
* List of drugs and their suggested dosages with cautions, including suggested human medications from your medical kit, and how to use them in your pet
* Rating system to advise of degree of difficulty or danger of possible treatments
* Conversion tables for body weights, dosages, temperatures, etc.