Aspinall Victoria - Introduction to Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology Textbook: E-Book

Third Edition

Victoria Aspinall, BVSc MRCVS

Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Nursing, Hartpury College, Gloucester, UK

Melanie Cappello, BSc(Hons) Zoology PGCE VN

East Grinstead, West Sussex, UK

Contribution by

Catherine Phillips, RVN REVN CertEd PGDip FHEA

Head of Department, Veterinary Nursing, Hartpury College, Gloucester, UK

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First edition 2004

Second edition 2009

Reprinted 2009, 2010 (twice), 2011

Third edition 2015

Reprinted 2015

ISBN 978-0-7020-5735-9

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Victoria Aspinall; Melanie Cappello

By the time this third edition of Introduction to Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology is published, six years will have passed since the second edition, and we decided that it was time to update it. The book is used as a standard text for many animal-based courses in both higher and further education and in particular all veterinary nursing courses. So with this in mind we decided to increase the clinical content and to answer the question Why do we have to learn anatomy and physiology? As lecturers in the subject we are well aware that many students resent time spent away from clinical nursing, both theoretical and practical, and find A/P boring, so it is our job to link the theory with what might be seen in practice. In all chapters there are increased numbers of short descriptions of disease conditions that are relevant to the system being described most of them are common; a few, especially those in exotic species, may only be seen in specialist practices.

We have also included a new chapter on the anatomy and physiology of farm animals. Recently, new courses of study for veterinary nurses have been developed to widen the range of animals to include large animals. This is in response to the demand of mixed veterinary practices, especially those in the country, that require their nurses to be able to work with all types of animal. There are many books written on the subject but these are either very dated or aimed at a higher level of study. Our chapter on large animals provides information at a similar level to the rest of the text and offers a comparison between the anatomy of the dog, cat and especially the horse and pays particular attention to the important differences in the skeletal and digestive systems of the species.

Once again we feel that we have produced a useful, accurate and informative text book that we both hope will continue to be used as the bible of anatomy and physiology for veterinary nurses and all other students in animal-related courses.

Victoria Aspinall, BVSc, MRCVS, qualified from Bristol University in 1974 and went into small animal practice in Kings Lynn, Norfolk, with her husband, Richard, who is also a vet. After five years, including brief spells in practices in Sussex and Swindon, they set up a small animal practice in Gloucester. In 1991 Vicky was employed to help start the new Animal Care department at Hartpury College, Gloucester, and in 1993 was appointed Head of Animal Care and Veterinary Nursing. In 1999 she left the college to start Abbeydale Vetlink Veterinary Training Ltd above her husband's practice and then sold it in 2010 when it moved to Monmouth. While running the business, Vicky also taught vet nurses at Filton College, Bridgwater College and Bridgend College, although not all at the same time! She has recently returned to teach part time at Hartpury College. Vicky has four children, none of whom has followed their parents into the profession!

In the last few years, Vicky has written articles on many veterinary nursing subjects for the Veterinary Nursing Journal and the Veterinary Nursing Times . She has also been responsible for a series of CD-ROMs on anatomy and physiology and has been a contributor to several major veterinary nursing textbooks, including BSAVA Textbook of Veterinary Nursing , 4th edition. Vicky has also acted as editor for Clinical Procedures in Veterinary Nursing and The Complete Textbook of Veterinary Nursing and has written the companion to this book, Essentials of Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology . Recently, with her husband, she produced Clinical Procedures in Small Animal Veterinary Practice , designed for veterinary surgeons.

Melanie Cappello, BSc(Hons), Zoology PGCE VN, started out as a veterinary nurse, qualifying in 1990, and working in both mixed and small animal practice, before working at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) from 1991 to 1993. She then left to undertake a degree in Zoology at University College London, where she graduated with honours in 1996. After taking a break to start a family, Melanie then went into teaching and taught anatomy and physiology to student veterinary nurses from 1998 to 2004, at the College of Animal Welfare's RVC site. During this time she completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Education.