Veterinary Science: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice

Veterinary Science: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice

Information Resources Management Association

Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 369

ISBN13: 9781522556404|ISBN10: 1522556400|EISBN13: 9781522556411

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5640-4

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Modern medicine is changing drastically as new technologies emerge to transform the way in which patients are diagnosed, treated, and monitored. In particular, veterinary medicine is experiencing a tremendous shift as digital innovations are integrated into veterinary practice.

Veterinary Science: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice contains a compendium of the latest academic material on breakthroughs and recent progress in veterinary science. Including innovative studies on laboratory information management systems, animal welfare, and veterinary reform, this publication is an ideal source for professionals, practitioners, graduate students, and researchers interested in veterinary science.

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Front Materials

Title Page

Copyright Page

Editorial Advisory Board

Preface

Chapters

Animal Tracking and Sensor Technologies

Chapter 1

Intelligent Wildlife Tracking Using Ubiquitous Technological Suite (pages 1-19)

Mayur Sunil Jawalkar, Nayan Desale, Fanil Suratwala, Amol Lamkhade, Parikshit N. Mahalle, Poonam N. Railkar

This paper proposes an intelligent system to track location of an individual animal or animals in wildlife sanctuary. Existing systems makes use of various technologies such as RFID, GPS, GSM, etc. RFID based systems either lack in...

Chapter 2

The Application of RFID in the Life-Time Traceability of Animals (pages 20-33)

Yun Liu, Peiji Shao

This paper discusses how to use the RFID technology to realize the life-time traceability of animals. In order to record movements of an animal, the authors adapt the electronic pedigree designed for drugs to animals, which acts as...

Chapter 3

Image Quality Assessment and Outliers Filtering in an Image-Based Animal Supervision System (pages 34-50)

Ehsan Khoramshahi, Juha Hietaoja, Anna Valros, Jinhyeon Yun, Matti Pastell

This paper presents a probabilistic framework for the image quality assessment (QA), and filtering of outliers, in an image-based animal supervision system (asup). The proposed framework recognizes asup's imperfect frames in two...

Chapter 4

Microchip-Induced Tumors in Laboratory Rodents and Dogs: A Review of the Literature 1990–2006 (pages 51-91)

Katherine Albrecht

This chapter reviews literature published in oncology and toxicology journals between 1990 and 2006 addressing the effects of implanted radio-frequency (RFID) microchips on laboratory rodents and dogs. Eleven articles were reviewed...

Disease Diagnosis and Prevention

Chapter 5

Thermographic Evaluation of Racehorse Performance (pages 93-115)

Maria Soroko

Thermography has found a broad range of applications in equine sport and veterinary medicine. Thermographic diagnosis is useful in monitoring changes of horse surface temperature resulting from exercise allowing evaluation of the...

Chapter 6

An Up-To-Date Review of Piglet Isosporosis: New Insights and Therapeutic Perspectives (pages 116-131)

Vasiliki Boulaki, Dimitrios Vlachakis, Smaragda Sotiraki, Sophia Kossida

Piglet isosporosis caused by Isospora suis represents a considerable problem worldwide with great economic losses and veterinary importance in pig production. So the control of this parasite is a great need. However, little is known...

Chapter 7

Thermography in Animal Models of Cancer: A Tool for Studying Oncobiology in Laboratory Animals (pages 132-158)

Rui M. Gil da Costa, António Ramos Silva, Ana Faustino Rocha, Paula Alexandra Oliveira, Joaquim Gabriel, Ana Margarida Abrantes, Maria Filomena Botelho

Laboratory animals provide important models for studying human diseases, including many types of cancer. Mice are among the most commonly used laboratory animals, allowing for the study of carcinogenic agents, cancer development and...

Chapter 8

Understanding Strategies for Implementing Integrated Information Systems for Rabies Surveillance (pages 159-174)

Anna M. Geofrey, Maulilio J. Kipanyula, Kadeghe G. Fue, Camilius Aloyce Sanga

Rabies continues to be one of the most perilous viral diseases that affect the nervous system and remains a significant threat to public health across the globe. Available data that show that rabies claims about 59,000 human lives...

Chapter 9

Open Source Educational Initiatives to Improve Awareness of Rabies Prevention (pages 175-192)

Peter Costa, Deborah J. Briggs

Rabies is the deadliest infectious disease known to humans and animals and yet is almost always preventable even after an exposure has occurred. The lack of educational awareness is a major reason why over 55,000 people die of the...

Equine and Livestock Care

Chapter 10

Enhancing the Daily Routines of Equine Veterinarians Using Mobile Technology: The m-Equine Case (pages 194-213)

Sonja Leskinen

The goal of this paper is to introduce and understand the equine veterinarians' needs in their daily routines and develop a web-based support system to promote their work. An equine veterinarian works in both clinic and stable...

Chapter 11

Improvement of Food Security Through Reforming of Domestic Veterinary Service: Case of Russia (pages 214-235)

Anna Ivolga, Vladimir Trukhachev, Natalia Bannikova, Anzhelika Baicherova

The chapter gives an overview of current issues of achievement of food security through reforming of veterinary service in the light of the social, ecological, and economic development of the society. The authors analyze certain...

Chapter 12

Optimization of Dairy Feeding Models With C-SOMGA (pages 236-254)

Pratiksha Saxena, Dipti Singh, Neha Khanna

This chapter presents a self-organizing migrating genetic algorithm(C-SOMGA) for animal diet formulation. Bi-objective models for cost minimization and shelf life maximization are developed and objectives are achieved by combination...

Chapter 13

Role of Dairy Farming in Rural Development (pages 255-269)

Siraj Raja, Sanya Sehgal

Dairy farming is one of the growing industries. It offers multiple opportunities to people and leave a sustainable impact on society, environment and economy. In this chapter we discuss about its reach and establishment in rural...

Chapter 14

Impact of Information and Communication Technology on Livestock Production: The Experience of Rural Farmers in Nigeria (pages 270-277)

O. Anie Sylvester

This chapter examines the impact of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on livestock production by rural farmers in Nigeria. Questionnaire, interview, and personal observation methods were employed to elicit information on...

Chapter 15

Mini Livestock Ranching: Solution to Reducing the Carbon Footprint and Negative Environmental Impacts of Agriculture (pages 278-302)

Dimple Singh-Ackbarali, Rohanie Maharaj

The rising demand and cost of animal protein, food and feed insecurity, environmental and climatic challenges of livestock agriculture have made the option of insects as food sources a viable topic. This chapter presents existing...

Veterinary Education

Chapter 16

Examining the Use of Web-Based Reusable Learning Objects by Animal and Veterinary Nursing Students (pages 304-316)

Emily Chapman-Waterhouse, Ayona Silva-Fletcher, Kim David Whittlestone

This intervention study examined the interaction of animal- and veterinary nursing students with reusable learning objects (RLO) in the context of preparing for summative assessment. Data was collected from 199 undergraduates using...

Chapter 17

The Use of Reusable Learning Objects to Enhance the Delivery of Veterinary Education: A Literature Review (pages 317-331)

Emily Chapman-Waterhouse, Ayona Silva-Fletcher, Kim Whittlestone

The increased demand from learners in higher education to access resources flexibly has resulted in considerable development in the use of Reusable Learning Objects (RLO) via a blended learning format across the sector. This critical...

Chapter 18

EVAINU Research: New Virtual Learning Environments for Educational Innovation at University (pages 332-343)

Alejandra Bosco

New virtual learning environments for educational innovation at the university of the present-future--EVAINU--is a research project financed by the Autonomous University of Barcelona as part of its support for emerging research...

Chapter 19

Veterinary Medicine: All Collections Great and Small (pages 344-366)

Esther Carrigan, Ana Ugaz, Heather K. Moberly, Jessica Page, Kristine M. Alpi, Carol E. Vreeland

The purpose of this chapter is to present the specifics of veterinary collection development within the context of general health sciences collection development. A basic understanding of the principles of collection development and...

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