The Merck/Merial Manual for Pet Health: The complete pet health resource for your dog, cat, horse or other pets – in everyday language. (The Complete … Horse, or Other Pets – in Everyday Language)
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The Merck/Merial Manual for Pet Health delivers animal health expertise in everyday language that all pet owners can understand. This in-depth new resource, authored by over 200 veterinary experts, covers the full spectrum of today’s pets, from dogs, cats and horses to birds, reptiles, fish and other exotic pets. No other book provides as much health information on as many types of animals. The one resource for a lifetime of pets.
Publisher : Merck
Publication date : October 23, 2007
Edition : Illustrated
Language : English
Print length : 1300 pages
ISBN-10 : 0911910220
ISBN-13 : 978-0911910223
Item Weight : 4.35 pounds
Dimensions : 9.57 x 2.2 x 6.8 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #294,699 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1,588 in Animal & Pet Care
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Customers find this pet health manual to be a valuable resource, providing comprehensive information about pet care in plain English. The book is well worth the investment, with one customer noting it can potentially save money. They appreciate its usefulness for pet owners, with one mentioning it serves as a great at-home reference.
13 reviews for The Merck/Merial Manual for Pet Health: The complete pet health resource for your dog, cat, horse or other pets – in everyday language. (The Complete … Horse, or Other Pets – in Everyday Language)
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Original price was: $110.00.$29.95Current price is: $29.95.
cynthiaAmazon Customer –
Very detailed pet care manual.
This book has information about every facet of good pet care. Excellent reference book.
FreshVet –
Helpful, easy to read and find your topic or concern
This text is a must have for pet owners in my opinion. You can avoid some costly vet visits when somethings just “off” with your pet. Also, you’ll know when you have something more serious on your hands. It is well written and draws directly from the Merck Vet manual but in easy to read language. It would be nice if the species were broken down into separate volumes so you wouldn’t be paying for a resource on animals you don’t interact with.
Reelman –
Great book
This book has a lot of information on taking care of pets. I recommend it
Mary Ann J –
Great Information
As a healthcare professional, I am familiar with Merck for a variety of things, Information being one of the best products they produce, so when I became a puppy raiser for a guidedog association, I wanted a resource available to learn about the little species.The book has been extremely helpful in helping me to focus on the issue presented by the animal and know what steps I need to take to solve the iss and when more professional help is needed. The book is is well laid out and easy to locate the information you seek. Covering dogs, cats & horses was a bonus that can be used by me and my daughter as well.
Kate B. –
Great resource, but perhaps needs a new edition
I love this book a lot, but my concern is that (from what I’ve seen) there is not an updated version of this. There is a lot of research out on different illnesses with pets now, and I think this book could benefit from coming out with a new edition. That being said, it’s a great resource for general knowledge at home or in a vet’s office. I love that they have a section included for large animals and exotics. I don’t work with those directly, but I enjoyed reading up about it.
moore –
Great for the over worrying pet owners out there
My mother in law once called my work (I work at a vet clinic) four times because my husband’s cat was in for an ear cleaning. She called four times to ask if the ear cleaning would damage her ears or hurt her. So since she is an over-worrier, I thought this book would be just the ticket since it has all the information she needs on basic care of any pet she may ever own and it’s written in everyday language so anyone can understand it.
Morgan Archer –
Merck/Merial Manual for Pet Health
This manual is a case of adding the “complete” prefix to a (sub)title inappropriately. And, in this case, “complete” disguises the fact that the material is very general in nature. It’s a case of biting off more than one can chew. Obviously, the book will not make one an instant veterinarian as there is neither enough specificity nor global information regarding any one species.Having said all that it is a decent basic reference to have around the house for the usual questions (FAQs). It gives a general understanding of “the nature of the beast” without getting deeply technical. Which is what it is supposed to do. The only thing that truly annoyed me was the “cloned” information I found between the dog and cat sections. Duplication like this reminds me of tricks used by low-class authors to take up more space, as though their books are to be sold by the pound (weight, not English money).Personally, I would much rather have one book on canines, one on felines, etc. Here, I have a big, thick book the information contained in which does me little good except, as I said, FAQs of a general interest nature and information regarding cats and dogs.All in all, nice try.
fotogirl73 –
A MUST HAVE BOOK FOR ALL ANIMAL LOVERS!!!!!!!!!!
This book is what I call the Veternarian Bible. I dont think there is anything left out of this book. Informative, and educational. I do cat rescue and adoptions, and this book can potentially save you alot of money if there is a cat issue. Rather than going to the vet and having the vet guess at what the potential issue is, you can go in educated and say, could the cat have this, or that? This book is well worth it. I bought several other books, and they were all incredible. See my reviews for other books on animal care.
Barry Lonergan –
This product is an ideal reference text for any inquiring pet owner to supplement their knowledge about their pets health with the professional advice and guidance of their vet. It can aid informed choices we make on decisions regarding our pets welfare.
Kris Wood –
Got this for my daughter. She prefers the more advanced version of the manual, but she was still very happy with this. Lacks some of the in-depth diagnostics of conditions in the more advanced manual, but is very good for around the house.
prem kapila –
very good book
Salah Din Hassani –
Itâs a useful book,itâs contains all benefits information about every spices of animals,in addition a person find critical diseases for each individual animals .
PANJA –
NICE