This new edition continues to be the classic core textbook for veterinary nursing students and a useful resource for qualified veterinary nurses.  The edition has been revised and updated throughout and provides information covering the ‘Day 1 Competencies’ (D1Cs) and ‘Day 1 Skills’ (D1Ss), as set by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS), and which every veterinary nurse graduate is expected to meet. This edition focuses on dogs, cats, small mammals, birds and reptiles. Learning objective boxes, references and further reading, and self-assessment questions accompany each chapter.

Barbara Cooper CertEd LicIPD DTM HonAssocRCVS RVN

Principal, The College of Animal Welfare, London Road, Godmanchester, Cambridgeshire PE29 2LJ

Elizabeth Mullineaux BVM&S DVM&S CertSHP MRCVS

Capital Veterinary Services Ltd, Haddington, East Lothian EH41 4JN

Lynn Turner MA VetMB MRCVS

St David’s Farm and Equine Practice, Nutwell Estate, Lympstone, Exmouth, Devon EX8 5AN