Practice of veterinary anaesthesia in India is primitive and borders on the crudeness, rudeness and inefficiency. There is a priority of anaesthesia for horses in the western books, whereas in India priority is cows, buffaloes and bulls which most veterinarians here cater to. Also there is a town based practice in domestic animals, e.g. dogs and cats. The contents of this book have been selected according to this priority.
The first section of the book deals with the basic sciences, e.g. physiology and pharmacology of anaesthetic drugs. The second section covers various anaesthetic techniques, equipment and monitoring. The third section of the book deals with anaesthesia management in individual animals. Anaesthesia in animals in Zoological Parks and research animals is also discussed.
The last section has been written to increase the scope of this textbook so as to cater to the research workers in various scientific projects. Emergencies and complications arising during anaesthesia have been discussed to increase the margin of safety in veterinary anaesthesia.
The book aims to serve as a text and reference for the students and practitioners of veterinary sciences.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Pramod Kumar
Born on 7 October 1952, in a remote village of District Ballia, Uttar Pradesh, India, Dr. Pramod Kumar has done Ph.D. on the American Imperialism in Philippines and D. Litt. Under the UGC scheme of Research Associateship, on the Struggle for Existence of British colonies of South Pacific Islands, the Fiji islands, the Solomon Islands, the islands of New Hebrides and Tonga. In 19987 his manuscript on the history of the Freedom Struggle of India bagged merit award of Rs. 10,000/= in a National Competition organized by Delhi administration. In 1992-93 he visited twice the India Office Records and Library (London), Broadland Archives (Southampton), school of Oriental and African Studies (London) and London School of Economics and Politics for the purpose of the collection of documents on Freedom Struggle of India. In 1993-94 he provided Editorial Assistance to bring a special issue of Young Indian on 1942’s Quit India Movement. He has also documented the role and experiences of transported political prisoners of Cellular Jail, /Andaman Islands with the financial assistance granted by ICHR and presented a paper “Hunger Strike in Andamans†at the European Social Science History Conference, the Hague, the Netherlands, in February 2002.
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