veterinary medicine

After treating an injured greyhound at her grandmother's verterinary clinic, thirteen-year-old Maggie learns about the abuse of greyhounds in the dog-racing industry and vows to put a stop to it.

Simple text and color photos show how veterinarians do their jobs, covering their duties, equipment, and surroundings. Presented in English and Spanish.

Ernie takes his pet dog Barkley to the veterinarian for his yearly check-up, and decides that's what he wants to be when he grows up. Also includes brief descriptions of zoo and farm animal veterinarians.

Delves into the inner lives of animals--from whales, wolves, and leopards to mice, dogs, and cats--and explores the relationships we forge with them. Considers how an attachment to animals can improve our appreciation of life, strengthen relationships with other people, and deepen spiritual values and explains why this is so.

Author Jeff Wells provides a collection of anecdotes from his time as a veterinarian. Wells describes the lessons his animal patients have taught him and recounts some of his more memorable cases with humor and an appreciation for the animal world.

Question and answer format provides information on what animal doctors do and the types of animals they work with.

The author, a veterinarian, shares his belief that there is more to medicine than drugs and surgery, and that disease can be prevented and treated through nutrition, exercise, love, compassion, and the formation of meaningful bonds with other species. He looks at research that corroborates his theory and shares stories of his animal and human friends.

Erika Nagy's family has come to California in search for gold; however, their bad luck has forced Erika to go to work for their landlord, rancher Hart Latham, where she forms a special bond with an injured filly named Arany.

Describes various careers dealing with animals and the education and training necessary for such jobs as veterinarian, pet trainer, wildlife rehabilatator, humane investigator, photographer, and naturalist.

Stories about the day to day operation of the emergency ward and intensive care unit at the Foster Hospital for Small Animals.