The Veterinarian's Touch: Profiles of Life Among Animals
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Books › Medical › Veterinary Medicine › General
ISBN: 0805058117 / Publisher: Holt Paperbacks, July 1998
Depicts contemporary veterinary life, addresses many of the current issues surrounding the profession, illustrates the challenges faced by zoo veterinarians, and profiles a vet in rural Pennsylvania
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Since James Herriot first began his practice almost a century ago, new technologies and the changing concerns of animal owners have dramatically altered the veterinarian's world. Through a kaleidoscope of contrasting portraits, Lee Gutkind introduces an equally impassioned lot of doctors and their sometimes eccentric patients. Animal lovers will love this journey from tony, expensive Manhattan practices to mucky farms, from cutting-edge animal hospitals to zoos and aquatic parks.
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