Veterinary Surgery and Radiology

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Veterinary surgery and radiology bring together diagnostic imaging, anaesthesia, and surgical care. These notes cover general and regional surgery, veterinary anaesthesiology, diagnostic imaging, and orthopaedics and lameness. They connect surgical principles with practical topics such as preparing animals for surgery, managing wounds, interpreting radiographs, and evaluating lameness. Close subject description

Veterinary surgery and radiology bring together diagnostic imaging, anaesthesia, and surgical care. These notes cover general and regional surgery, veterinary anaesthesiology, diagnostic imaging, and orthopaedics and lameness.

They connect surgical principles with practical topics such as preparing animals for surgery, managing wounds, interpreting radiographs, and evaluating lameness.

Veterinary General Surgery

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  1. History of Veterinary Surgery
  2. Classification of Veterinary Surgery
  3. Tenets of Halsted
  4. Surgical Asepsis and Antisepsis
  5. Surgical Risk and Judgement
  6. Shock and its Management
  7. Types of Intravenous Fluids
  8. Haemorrhage and its management
  9. Haemostatic Techniques
  10. Abscess in animals
  11. Tumor in animals
  12. Surgery of cyst in animals
  13. Surgery of Necrosis in animals
  14. Surgery of Gangrene in animals
  15. Ulcer
  16. Burn and Scald
  17. Frost bite
  18. Wound and types of wound
  19. Process of Wound Healing
  20. Complications of wound
  21. Factors affecting wound healing
  22. Topical Wound Medications
  23. Wound Management
  24. Special Wound Therapy
  25. Pre-surgical Considerations in Animals
  26. Preparation of the Patient for Surgery
  27. Post Operative Care and Management of the Patient
  28. Opioid Analgesics in Vet Surgery
  29. Anaesthetic agents and their classification
  30. Anaesthetic Machine

Veterinary Anaesthesiology

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  1. History of Veterinary Anaesthesiology
  2. General Anaesthesia
  3. General considerations for anaesthesia in animals
  4. Stages of general Anaesthesia
  5. Preanaesthetics
  6. Anticholinergics as Preanaesthetic
  7. Tranquilizers
  8. Sedatives
  9. Alpha 2 Agonists

Veterinary Radiology

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  1. Physical Properties of X-rays
  2. Production of x-rays
  3. Factors influencing x-rays production
  4. Principles of viewing and interpreting x-ray films
  5. Radiographic features of specific conditions
  6. Contrast radiography in animals
  7. Common Terminology used in Contrast Radiography
  8. Contrast radiography techniques in animals
  9. Indication and contraindication of contrast radiography in animals
  10. Effects of Radiation and x-ray Hazards
  11. Personal monitoring devices and prevention of radiation by adoption of safety measures
  12. Principles of Ultrasonography and its Applications in Animals
  13. Parts and Mechanism of Ultrasonography Machine
  14. Principles of radiation therapy and Isotopes
  15. Indications and methods of Radiotherapy
  16. Application and mechanism of radiation therapy
  17. Effects of radiation on biological tissue
  18. CT Scan and MRI Scan for animals
  19. Scintigraphy and Gamma Camera

Regional Surgery

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  1. Surgical affections of lips
  2. Surgical affections of Tongue
  3. Surgical affections of Salivary glands
  4. Surgical affections of palate
  5. Surgical affections of Nose
  6. Surgical affections of guttural pouch
  7. Surgical affections of sinuses
  8. Surgical affections of Horns
  9. Surgical affections of teeth
  10. Dental extraction and bishoping
  11. Surgical affections of the Jaws
  12. Surgical affections of the Ears
  13. Aural Hematoma
  14. Otitis in animals
  15. Surgical affections of the Eyes
  16. Conjunctivitis in animals
  17. Prolapsed nictitans gland
  18. Surgical affections of eyeball
  19. Surgical affections of Cornea
  20. Cataract in animals
  21. Surgical affections of Uvea
  22. Affections of retina and refraction of eye
  23. Eye worm affections in large animals
  24. Surgical affections of Neck
  25. Surgical affections of Oesophagus
  26. Surgical affections of trachea and larynx
  27. Surgical affections of thorax
  28. Thoracotomy in animals
  29. Hernia in animals
  30. Affection of stomach and cardia in dogs
  31. Surgical affections of Ruminant stomach
  32. Surgical affections of small intestine
  33. Surgical affections of large intestine
  34. Surgical affection of liver
  35. Surgical affections of Spleen
  36. Affections of Kidney and urinary system
  37. Surgical affections of penis and sheath
  38. Surgical affections of testicle and Scrotum
  39. Surgical affections of ovary and uterus
  40. Surgical affections of udder and teats

Orthopaedics and Lameness

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  1. Introduction of lameness in animals
  2. Conformation of the horse
  3. Conformation faults in horses
  4. Travel defects in horses
  5. Unsoundness and blemishes of horses
  6. Suprascapular nerve injury (Sweeney)
  7. Inflammation of the intertubercular bursa
  8. Purulent and chronic omarthritis
  9. Olecranon bursitis in horse
  10. Radial nerve paralysis
  11. Carpitis in horses
  12. Deviation of carpus
  13. Hygroma of the knee
  14. Fracture of carpal bone
  15. Contraction of digital flexor tendon
  16. Angular limb deformities
  17. Metacarpal or metatarsal exostosis
  18. Shin Soreness in horses
  19. Bucked Shins in horses
  20. Wind Puffs in horses
  21. Sesamoiditis in horses
  22. Osselets in horses
  23. Ring bone in horses
  24. Quittor in Horses
  25. Ossification of the collateral cartilages of the distal phalanx
  26. Navicular syndrome in horses
  27. Pyramidal Disease in Horses
  28. Laminitis in Horses
  29. Sand Cracks in Horses
  30. White line Disease in Horse
  31. Gravel in Horses
  32. Fracture of the third Phalanx in Horses
  33. Pedal Osteitis
  34. Canker in Horses
  35. Thrush in Horses
  36. Corn in Horses
  37. Monday Morning Sickness in Horses
  38. Thrombosis of the Caudal Aorta
  39. Femoral Nerve Paralysis in Horses
  40. Sacroiliac Joint Abnormalities in Horses
  41. Rupture of the Ligament of Head of Femur
  42. Trochanteric Bursitis in Horses
  43. Upward Fixation of the Patella in Horses
  44. Stringhalt in Horses
  45. Gonitis
  46. Chondromalacia of the Patella
  47. Rupture of Tendo Achillies
  48. Rupture of Peroneus Tertius
  49. Fibrotic and Ossifying myopathy in Horses
  50. Thoroughpin in Horses
  51. Bog Spavin
  52. Curb in Horses
  53. Capped Hock in Horses
  54. Pododermatitis Circumspecta in Bovines
  55. Sole Ulcers in Cattle
  56. Septic Laminitis in Cattle
  57. Chronic Luxation of Patella in Cattle
  58. Different types of joint disorders
  59. Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD)
  60. Osteochondrosis Disease (OCD)
  61. Hip Dysplasia in Dogs
  62. Cruciate Ligament Rupture in Dogs
  63. Spondylosis
  64. Bone or Cartilage Fracture
  65. Principles of Fracture Repair
  66. Fracture Fixation Systems
  67. Affections of Tendons and Ligaments
  68. Physiotherapy for Animals
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