— EMS (extra-mural studies) are an essential element of undergraduate veterinary education. Students must complete a minimum of 38 weeks EMS during their course, which should normally consist of 12 weeks pre-clinical and 26 weeks of clinical placements, a large portion of which takes place on farms.
– The highly illustrated approach allows readers to see the highlighted differences rather than try to imagine what cases look like and differentiate them from written descriptions.
– A repository of over 1000 10-second video clips accompanies the book, accessible to students on the farm with a smart phone. Each clip uniqeuly shows the animal’s clinical presentation, internal disease/imaging and then healthy recovery
– There are a limited number of common conditions seen by vets in farm animal practice and an exhaustive list of all known diseases is not needed: textbooks often include such diseases for the benefit of an academic reviewer rather than student and general practitioner readers.
– This concise guide offers a breath of fresh air among the existing hefty expensive large animal medicine tomes on the market.
— Some comments from veterinary students on the proposal: I firmly believe that this would be a very useful book and only wish that it existed already for my clinical EMS ; There are currently several ‘pocket books’ for small animal medicine such as the Mini Vet guide but nothing for farm animals ; Using a small animal ‘quick’, ring-bound, reference guide on EMS has been extremely useful, and it would be very beneficial to have a large animal alternative ; The author’s suggested use of high quality illustrations is what a student desperately needs. At the end of the day we need to be able to work out many diseases with similar symptoms - this book would provide that where may other current textbooks do not. I would support this new book, and hope it is released before I go into exams in the future - as it is what I currently need help within revision like so many other students. It is what the veterinary student dreams of having, and yet no one has produced it!
