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Welcome to the 5m Books Catalogue
We are passionate about improving the health and happiness of the animals we farm and live with and of the soil we farm on. Our mission is to publish the highest quality books in veterinary and animal sciences, agriculture and aquaculture.
5m creates books with care, enabling those who
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•care for animals within the veterinary and allied professions
•care for farmed animals and want the best environmental, economic and welfare outcomes
•care for the land and about the future of our natural world
•care about their pets and want the best for them
•care about the interrelationship between animals, humans and the planet.
Our new veterinary titles include Anatomic Pathology for Veterinary Clinicians and Supporting Pet Owners through Grief: A Veterinarian’s Guide to Loss. We have some excellent new resources for dog owners in Shadow’s Trip to the Vet: Family Guide to Responsible Dog Ownership and The Canine Commandments: Be Happy and Safe With Dogs
In aquaculture we launch Aquatic Food Security, Carps: A Practical Approach to Disease Control and Health
Management and Antarctic Whaling: A Case Study in Near Extinction
We welcome proposals for new books in the areas in which we publish. We would be delighted to hear from you, please email us: hello@5mbooks.com
Diagnostic Radiology in Small Animal Practice 2nd Edition
Silke Hecht
This reference book covers using digital radiology and medical imaging procedures such as ultrasound, MRI and scintigraphy in veterinary practice. The approach is a step-by-step guide, with tips and techniques to ensure optimal X-rays and advice on how to improve radiation protection. All commonly kept pets are included: small mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles.
Dec 2020 | ISBN 9781789180930
£150 | $235 | €180 | 532p HB
Anatomic Pathology for Veterinary Clinicians
Melanie Dobromylskyj
This book is a concise guide for practising vets on anatomic pathology that will aid the readers understanding of pathology, thus allowing optimisation of diagnostic tests.
Anatomic Pathology for Veterinary Clinicians will teach practitioners how to:
•Take quality biopsy samples to get better results
•Understand histopathology reports
•Know when additional tests are warranted and are likely to give clinically useful information
Veterinary Histology of Domestic Mammals and Birds 5th Edition
Textbook and Colour Atlas
Edited by Hans-Georg Liebich
A full colour atlas of veterinary histology images with accompanying text, covering domestic mammals and birds. It provides a peerless collection of diagrams, schematics, colour micrographs and electron microscope images, plus online access to a further 900 colour images. The author presents information from both a structural and functional perspective. This applied approach highlights the importance of understanding histology as a basis for identifying disease.
Oct 2019 | ISBN 9781789180091 £150 | $235 | €180 | 504p HB
Forthcoming 2023 |
ISBN 9781789182378 £55 | $85 | €66 | 220p PB
Avian Anatomy 2nd Edition
Textbook and Colour Atlas
Edited by Horst E. König
Containing very high quality photographs, including histological and radiographic images and schematic diagrams, this edition focuses on ornamental birds and poultry. Among the various species examined are chickens, ducks and geese, as well as budgerigars, psitaccines and many others. In addition, wild bird species such as the common buzzard and falcon are taken into account and raptors are featured in a dedicated new chapter.
Dec 2016 | ISBN 9781910455609
£150 | $235 | €180 | 360p HB
9781789180954
Jul 2020
The Veterinary Workbook of Small Animal Clinical Cases
Ryane Englar
This workbook is intended to be a bridge between classroom learning and clinical training; to improve patient care and clinician confidence in practice. Common presentations in small animal practice are presented as real-world case studies while the reader is guided through work-up, critical thinking and problem solving to run the consultation efficiently.
Aug 2021 | ISBN 9781789181296 £55 | $85 | €66 | 700p PB
The Veterinary Skills
A Guide to Oral Communication in Veterinary Medicine
Ryane Englar
This guide covers why communication skills are important, the structure of typical communications and suggested approaches, veterinary specific communication pathways and sample scripts between vet and client.
Writing Skills for Veterinarians
Ryane Englar
Communicating ideas in veterinary medicine is a fundamental part of continuing veterinary research and building a career as a clinician.
The purpose of this book is to help increase efficiency and effectiveness in writing professional documents, e.g. writing a concise yet thorough discharge statement to avoid repeated client call-backs to clarify medical recommendations. The book also aims at improving the reader’s confidence in writing skills through guided and well-thought out “homework” or practice exercises.
Feb 2019 | ISBN 9781789180350
£24.95 | $39.95 | €29.95 | 280p PB
Research and Study Skills for Veterinary Nurses
Jane Davidson
Aimed at veterinary nurses and technicians this book will guide the reader through the various research and study disciplines required of them. Research and Study Skills for Veterinary Nurses discusses why these academic skills are now required of the veterinary nurse, different types of source material, how to complete written assignments, how to reference properly, how to approach different test questions, exam preparation, how to respond to oral exams, how to complete OSCEs, CPD training and work-based practical assessments.
Apr 2019 | ISBN 9781789180138
£24.95 | $39.95 | €29.95 | 272p PB so, you want to...
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A Guide for Young, Aspiring Vets
Lorna Clark
For children who are curious about the veterinary world. This fun and approachable book introduces, through profiles of real vets, the different sectors beyond the familiar small animal/family vet practice in which veterinarians can work, such as research, fish veterinary, zoo medicine and charity work. It also provides some guidance in how to study to get into veterinary school.
Dec 2021 | ISBN 9781789180916
£14.95 | $19.95 | €17.95 | 120p PB
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The New Vet’s Handbook Information and Advice for Veterinary Graduates
Clare Tapsfield-Wright
The New Vet’s Handbook acts as a guidebook for newly qualified vets on personal and professional issues, covering employment options, interviews, mentoring, working with clients, patients and colleagues, consulting advice, dealing with euthanasia, record keeping, veterinary standards, training and CPD, career options, professional skills and avoiding pitfalls relating to social media, drugs and ethical issues. The book also covers topics specific to vets in small animal and large animal practice.
Jun 2018 | ISBN 9781912178360
£24.95 | $39.95 | €29.95 | 324p PB
So You Want to Be a Vet?
The Realities of Studying and Working in Veterinary Medicine
Neil Paton
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and Beyond, we are developing a new series of careers books. If you can write passionately and clearly about your career then we would be delighted to hear from you.
Authored by a Royal Veterinary College tutor with extensive experience within the veterinary profession and with teaching new students, this book provides a thorough explanation of what prospective students can expect to study at veterinary school, and discusses career options available to new graduates, as well as a useful overview of current issues in the wider veterinary profession, and an honest and thought-provoking discussion of what veterinary life is actually like.
Nov 2015 | ISBN 9781910455081
£19.95 | $34.95 | €23.95 | 240p PB
Veterinary Laser Therapy in Small Animal Practice
Maria Suarez Redondo and Bryan Stephens
Aimed at the first opinion vet, this very practical book covers the fundamental considerations of laser use in the practice environment. The book also includes case studies to illustrate the use of lasers in practice on a range of conditions in different animals.
Laser Surgery in Veterinary Practice
A Visual Guide to Small Animal Surgery
José Luis Riveiro Rodríguez
A practical guide to laser surgery in dogs and cats suitable for vets new to the subject and vets with some experience of lasers in practice. Surgical practices are included as well as the anaesthesia to support the surgery.
9781789180701
Case Studies in Ecohealth Examining the Interaction between Animals and their Environment
Edited by Susan Cork and Doug White -
A fascinating examination of the impacts on animals of environmental change, using the effects on animals at the frontier of ecological disturbance as sentinels for what is happening to our planet. The scope of the book is global, spanning environments from the tropics to the Arctic regions. Encompassing the lives and behaviours of different animals in different habitats gives this book a majestic breadth, presenting a true picture of ecology of the Earth right now.
Forthcoming 2024 | ISBN 9781789182408 £45 | $70 | €55 | 380p PB
A Practical Guide to Equine Radiography
Gabriel Manso Díaz, Javier López San Román, Renate Weller
This manual is designed to serve as a guide for the clinical veterinarian to perform radiographs on horses. Every area of the horse is included, from the most common (helmet or giblet) to the most difficult (the spine, thorax or abdomen).
Clinical Veterinary Echography
Edited by Federica Rossi and Giliola Spattini
Authored by an international team of experts, the following topics are covered in depth: the physicsbased principles of ultrasound science, interpretation of ultrasound images, scan techniques in ultrasound and interventional techniques in ultrasound.
The Veterinary Laboratory and Field Manual 3rd
Edition
Edited by Susan Cork and Roy Halliwell
This technical handbook aims to provide an easy to follow overview of the basic laboratory techniques, and sample collection guidelines, considered useful for staff working in district veterinary facilities in regions that lack the infrastructural support available for staff with ready access to national veterinary laboratories.
One Health Case Studies
Addressing Complex Problems in a Changing World
Edited by Susan Cork
This textbook discusses complex concepts in One Health, such as preparedness planning, national level governance, interagency co-operation, climate change, human activity in sensitive ecosystems, and the global food trade and food safety.
Honeybee Veterinary Medicine
Apis Mellifera L.
Nicholas Vidal-Naquet
This book provides an overview of bee biology, the bee in the wider environment, intoxication, bee diseases, bee parasites, pests, enemies, and veterinary treatment and actions relating to honeybee health.
A Lifetime of Beekeeping Mistakes
Geoff Critchley
A Lifetime of Beekeeping Mistakes covers all the basics of managing successful hives from buying in bee stocks and equipment to record keeping, establishing and growing colonies. It considers the merits of different types of hive and provides clear advice on queens, drones, honey extraction, diseases and pests.
Dec 2022 | ISBN 9781789182026 £24.95 | $39.95 | €29.95 | 200p PB
Examination and Treatment Methods in Dogs and Cats 2nd Edition
Christian Schrey
Examination and Treatment Methods in Dogs and Cats 2nd Edition is an essential pocket-sized reference for the busy veterinary practitioner.
Handbook of Symptoms in Dogs and Cats 3rd Edition
Assessing Common Illnesses by Differential Diagnosis
Christian Schrey
A handy pocket reference for the busy practising vet, providing a differential diagnosis guide to common conditions.
Managing Bee Health
A Practical Guide for Beekeepers
John Carr
Managing Bee Health aims to provide an overview of the health of bees at individual and hive level, covering common and emerging diseases and preventive measures.
A Practical Approach to Animal Welfare Law 2nd Edition
Noël Sweeney
A Practical Approach to Animal Welfare Law is designed to be informative and interesting to a broad, lay audience and covers all aspects of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 and the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 as they affect animals in our care.
Veterinary Ethics Navigating Tough Cases
Edited by Siobhan Mullan and Anne Quain
Veterinary Ethics presents a range of ethical scenarios that veterinarians and other allied animal health professionals may face in practice. The scenarios discussed are not only exceptional cases with potentially significant consequences, but often less dramatic everyday situations.
Shadow’s Trip to the Vet
Claire Corridan
Illustrated by Elettra Cudignotto
Written by Claire Corridan and beautifully illustrated by Elettra Cudignotto, this book aims to involve children in dog ownership, by guiding them through the process of taking the dog to visit the vet.
Shadow’s Trip to the Vet promotes both preventative and emergent veterinary care in animals by teaching children how to recognise when their pet is feeling unwell and what to do to help them.
May 2023 | ISBN 9781789182071 £9.95 | $14.95 | €11.95 | 60p PB and
Dog Bites
A Multidisciplinary Perspective
Edited by Daniel Mills and Carri
Westgarth
The Canine Commandments
2nd Edition
Kendal Shepherd
Illustrated by Anna Currey
The Canine Commandments guides children, and the adults they live with, to interact more safely with dogs and to minimise the risk of a bite.
This revised second edition of Kendal Shepherd’s well known book on dog behaviour includes her famous ladder of aggression and additional new features – quizzes, learning objectives and a glossary – to further engage children, and to support discussion and teaching in classroom settings.
Jan 2023 | ISBN 9781789181920
£9.95 | $14.95 | €11.95 | 80p HB
Science, Behaviour and Management
No Way to Treat a Friend
Lifting the Lid on Complementary and Alternative Veterinary Medicine
Niall Taylor and Alex Gough
No Way to Treat a Friend is an informative and readable analysis of Complementary and Alternative Veterinary Medicine use in animals, based on evidence-based science.
The Science Behind a Happy Dog
Canine Training, Thinking and Behaviour
Emma K. Grigg and Tammy McCormick Donaldson
The Science Behind a Happy Dog covers both scientific approaches to dog raising and practical solutions to common behavioural problems.
Dog Bites aims to bring together expert knowledge of the current situation from a wide variety of disciplines to provide information to the many people and professions affected by the issue. Subjects range from the practical, medical, behavioural, sociological and theoretical, but the overall approach of the book is to be objective and integrative.
Jul 2017 | ISBN 9781910455616
£55 | $85 | €66 | 460p HB
The Senior Feline
Veterinary Medicine and Management for Quality of Life After 10
Elizabeth Colleran
Cats are the most popular companion animal in North America and they are increasingly living a more indoor lifestyle. This, plus advances in nutrition and medicine, means cats are routinely living into their 20’s.
The Senior Feline is aimed at small animal vets, veterinary students and veterinary nurses who are managing the many problems associated with elderly cats, including disease, care issues, nutrition and behaviour.
Forthcoming 2024 | ISBN 9781789180947
£55 | $85 | €66 | 480p PB
Supporting Pet Owners through Grief
A Veterinarian’s Guide to Loss
Ryane Englar and Jill Englar
Aimed at veterinary professionals, Supporting Pet Owners Through Grief is an emotional exploration of the philosophical and psychological impact of grief experienced by clients when they lose their pet and how to support them through a difficult time. Features and benefits include: the importance of the human-animal bond; practical tool-kit approaches that help the vet work alongside the client; managing the process of euthanasia, death and grief.
Forthcoming 2023 | ISBN 9781789182392
£34.95 | $55 | €42 | 300p PB
Behavioural Problems in Rabbits
A Clinical Approach
Guen Bradbury
Behavioural Problems in Rabbits by rabbit behavioural expert Guen Bradbury, gives you the tools you need to address any unwanted behaviour in a rabbit under your care. Whether you are an owner, a veterinary surgeon or nurse, or if you rehome rabbits.
Doug the Pug A Working Dog’s Tale
Cate Archer
Doug the Pug is a charming little baggy dog. Here, he shares tales of his busy life as a working dog. All royalties for this book will be donated to Pets As Therapy.
The Management of Pet Obesity
Victoria Bowes and Helen Coleman
The Management of Pet Obesity provides veterinary nurses with essential information on obesity-related topics for small animals, exotic animals and pet birds. Topics covered include: the causes and incidence of obesity; the nutritional requirements of a range of animals; body condition scoring and assessment; comorbidities such as diabetes.
Animal Personality
The Science Behind Individual Variation
Jill MacKay
Animal Personality introduces the fundamentals of personality science and research, describing the history of behavioural testing, and then drills into scientific measurement, recording and statistical analysis of individual personalities in animals.
9781789180077
Canine Behaviour in Mind
Applying Behavioural Science to Our Lives with Dogs
Edited by Suzanne Rogers
Intended for dog owners who want to learn more, Canine Behaviour in Mind provides practical ideas that can be incorporated in daily interactions with dogs.
Canine Behaviour in Mind presents advice on behavioural change in achievable and creative ways. It examines how the way we live and work with dogs may need adjusting to promote positive behavioural change in the animal as well as better welfare.
Jul 2022 | ISBN 9781789181371
£29.95 | $49.95 | €35.95 | 312p PB
Foals and Young Horses
Training and Management for a Well-behaved Horse
Ute Ochsenbauer and Beate Schmidtle
The authors, using their extensive experience and personal stories, explain how to balance natural behaviour with training methods to develop a wellbehaved horse.
Horse Behaviour
Interpreting Body Languague and Communication
Barbara Schöning
Authored by an experienced ethologist, Horse Behaviour draws on recent research in the field of equine ethology and applies it to practical knowledge that can be used to improve the relationship between horse and owner.
9781912178889
The Horse Riding and Management Series
Equine Behaviour in Mind
Applying Behavioural Science to the Way we Keep, Work and Care for Horses
Edited
by Suzanne Rogers
Intended for people who work with horses and for owners who want to learn more, Equine Behaviour in Mind provides ideas for practical ways that changes can be incorporated into daily interactions with horses.
The Handbook of Horses and Donkeys
Introduction to Ownership and Care
Chris J. Mortensen
The history, evolution and domestication of equids is covered, along with equine anatomy and physiology, nutrition, behaviour, learning and cognition, communication, equine health and disease, hoof care, first aid, parasitic infections, preventive measures, pregnancy and foal management.
Natural Medicine for Horses
Home Remedies and Natural Healing
Cornelia Wittek is a practical and supportive advisory range of books for horse owners and people who have a passion for horses. The advice given is pragmatic, dependable and always expert. All facets of horse behaviour, husbandry, training and riding are covered to provide a fully rounded resource for equine enthusiasts.
This books presents an essential A-Z reference guide to common natural medicinal recipes based on wildgrowing and easily available flowers, fungi and herbs such as horsetail, chamomile and medicinal mushrooms.
Animal Science, Behaviour and Management
Is a Cat the Right Pet for You?
Can You Find the Facts?
Emma Milne
Cats can be brilliant and entertaining but we shouldn’t forget that like all animals they too have their own needs. If you think you might like a cat for a pet you need to find out what cats love to eat, who their friends and enemies are and what keeps them happy as well as healthy.
Mar 2016 | ISBN 9781910455173
£9.95 | $14.95 | €11.95 | 72p PB
