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This book is intended for students in veterinary medicine and for veterinarians whose interests lie in the direction of the diseases of companion animals. It is attuned to the professional profile of the veterinarian for companion animals. This profile is further defined as first-line veterinary medicine in a practice in which one or more veterinarians are chiefly involved in treatment of companion animals1. Hence the description of the methods of examination in this book are confined to the methods which a veterinarian — principally involved with companion animals — is expected to use. Methods which belong to the practice of companion animal medicine on a specialist level are mentioned briefly in this book only to indicate what possibilities exist for further diagnostic studies by specialists.
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Rijnberk, A., de Vries, H.W. (1995). The rationale for this approach. In: Rijnberk, A., de Vries, H.W. (eds) Medical History and Physical Examination in Companion Animals. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0459-3_2
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