Black's veterinary dictionary

Dictionary based on previous editions but updated to cover recent research and developments, e.g., oil field hazards and tympanitic resonance (referring to cattle), Addison's disease in dogs, nuclear medicine and radioisotopes, agonists, and vero cells. Other entries and topics are revised, enlarged, or increased. Explanatory entries give symptoms, causes, treatment, and prevention of many diseases. Line drawings, photographs. 1st ed., 1928; 15th ed., 1985.