"KEY" BOOKS & JOURNALS on PIGS

SVM LEADER Team
Veterinary Medical Library
Purdue University
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Comments:
G. Stephens

Anatomy
As laboratory animals
Breeds
Internal medicine
Physiology/Biology
Reproduction
Surgery

Journals

Title recommended by SVM faculty:

• Diseases of swine, 9 th ed. / B. E. Straw, et al .   Ames, IA : Blackwell Publishing, 2006.   [636.40896 D922d 2006 - Open Reserves]

Anatomy

• Anatomy of domestic animals: systemic and regional approach, 10 th ed . / Chris Pasquini et al.   Pilot Point, TX: Sudz. Pub., 2003.   [636.P264a 2003 - Reserves]
• Laboratory anatomy of the fetal pig / Robert B. Chiasson, Theron O. Odlaug, William J. Radke.   Dubuque, IA : Wm. C. Brown Publishers, 1997.   [571.3196332078 C431L 1997]
• Clinical dissection guide for large animals : horse, ox, sheep, goat, pig / Gheorghe M. Constantinescu.   St. Louis : Mosby Year Book, 2004.   [636.0891 C766c 2004]

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As Laboratory animals

• Swine in the laboratory: surgery, anesthesia, imaging, and experimental techniques , 2 nd ed. / M. Michael Swindle. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2007. [617.00724 Sw63s 2007 – Open Reserves]
• Flynn’s parasites of laboratory animals, 2 nd ed. / D Baker, ed. Ames, Iowa: Blackwell Pub., 2007. [636.0885 F679p 2007 – Open Reserves]

Breeds

• Pigs : a handbook to the breeds of the world / Valerie Porter.   Ithaca, NY : Cornell University, 1993.   [636.4 P835p 1993 – Reference]

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Internal Medicine

• Handbook of pig medicine / PGG Jackson, PD Cockcroft. Edinburgh; New York: Elsevier Saunders, 2007. [636.4089 J137h 2007 – Open Reserves]
• Veterinary medicine: a textbook of the diseases of cattle, sheep, pigs, goats and horses, 10 th ed. / OM Radostits, et al. Edinburgh; New York: Elsevier Saunders, 2007. [ 636.0896 B623v 2007 – Open Reserves & Reserves]
• Managing pig health and the treatment of disease : a reference for the farm / M. R. Muirhead , T. J. L. Alexander.   Sheffield, UK : 5M Enterprises, 1997.   636.4082 M869m 1997 - Open Reserves]
• Pocket guide to recognising and treating pig diseases : a companion to Managing Pig Health and the Treatment of Disease / M. R. Muirhead , T. J. L. Alexander.   Sheffield, UK : 5M Enterprises, 2000.   [636.4082 M869p 2000 – Open Reserves]
• Swine disease manual, 3 rd ed. / KJ Schwartz, ed. Perry, Iowa: American Association of Swine Veterinarians, 2004. [636.40896 W588s 2004 – Open Reserves]
• Outline of swine diseases, 2 nd ed . / R. P. Cowart & S. W. Casteel.   Ames, IA : Iowa State University Press, 2001.   [636.4089 C838o 2001 - Open Reserves]
• Differential diagnoses of diseases of pigs, 2 nd ed. / J. R. Buddle.   1 volume + 1 disk.   Sydney, N.S.W . : University of Sydney Post Graduate Foundation in Veterinary Science, [2000].   [636.40896075 B859d 2000]
• Color atlas of diseases and disorders of the pig / W. J. Smith, et al.   [ London ] : Wolfe Pub., 1990.   [636.408960222 Sm68c 1990b – Open Reserves]
• Color atlas of farm animal dermatology / DW Scott. Ames, IA: Blackwell Pub., 2007. [636.08965 Sco84c 2007 – Open Reserves]

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Physiology/Biology

• Neonatal pig: gastrointestinal physiology and nutrition / Ruo-Jun Xu, P. Cranwell. Thrumpton, Nottingham : Nottingham University Press, c2003. [636.40892 Xu8n 2003]
• Biology of the domestic pig /W. G. Pond, & H. J. Mersmann, eds.   Ithaca, NY : Comstock Pub. Associates, 2001.   [636.40892 B521 2001 - Open Reserves]

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Reproduction

• Artificial insemination and embryo transfer of dairy and beef cattle (including information pertaining to goats, sheep, horses, swine, and other animals): a handbook and laboratory manual, 9 th ed. / Jere R. Mitchell, Gordon A. Doak.   Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2004.   [636.208294 H426a 2004 – Open Reserves]
• Applied animal reproduction, 6 th ed . / H. J. Bearden, et al.   Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, 2004.   [636.082 B38a 2004 – Open Reserves]

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Surgery

• Surgical techniques in experimental farm animals /F.A. Harrison.   Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.   [636.089791 H246s 1995]
• Farm animal surgery / SL Fubini, NG Ducharme. St. Louis: Saunders, 2004. [636.0897 F95f 2004 – Open Reserves]

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Journals

• Journal of swine health and production.   Perry, IA : American Association of Swine Veterinarians, 2000 - to date.
• Pig journal.   Corston, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, UK : Pig Veterinary Society, 1994 - to date.
• Current veterinary therapy. Food animal practice.   Philadelphia : W.B. Saunders, Vol. 1, 1981 – to date.   [636.08905 C936 - Latest edition in Open Reserves by call number]

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