Author: Danny W. Scott
This is to serve as a
visual reference, with colour photographs of skin diseases in cattle, sheep, goats and swine. The emphasis will be on visual recognition and differential diagnois, and diagnosis of the huge number of skin diseases that occur in
farm animals. All diseases will be illustrated with colour photographs and a minimal text will highlight clinical features, differentials and
diagnostic methods. The atlas will be divided into four species-specific sections, thus facilitating the efforts of bovine, ovine, caprine or swine practitioners.Sickness and disease can be devastating to a livestock population and, in turn, to farm productivity. Skin diseases are among the most visible and