With invited contribution from:
J. David Stack, MVB, MSc, FHEA, DipECVS, MRCVS
Senior Lecturer in Equine Surgery
University of Liverpool
Leahurst, UK
This edition first published 2022
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Names: Skerritt, G. C. author.
Title: King’s applied anatomy of the abdomen and pelvis of domestic mammals / Geoff Skerritt.
Other titles: Applied anatomy of the abdomen and pelvis of domestic mammals
Description: First edition. | Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2022. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021060395 (print) | LCCN 2021060396 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119574576 (paperback) | ISBN 9781119574583 (adobe pdf) | ISBN 9781119574590 (epub)
Subjects: MESH: Animals, Domestic–anatomy & histology | Abdomen–anatomy & histology | Pelvis–anatomy & histology
Classification: LCC SF761 (print) | LCC SF761 (ebook) | NLM SF 761 | DDC 636.089/1–dc23/eng/20220119
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I wish to dedicate this book to the late Professor Tony King in recognition of his enthusiasm for the teaching of veterinary anatomy. It was his encouragement to teach anatomy in an original and inventive manner that gave me the incentive to make the subject interesting!
Foreword
This publication is the latest of a series of textbooks the first of which was written by the late Professor A.S. King and colleagues. This series is now being continued by Geoff Skerritt. These textbooks and lecture notes initially were aimed at undergraduate veterinary students at the University of Liverpool. Professor King was always concerned to make anatomy useful by emphasising its functional importance so that students and veterinary professionals could acquire the basis for understanding the rationale of clinical practice in all its aspects.This functional approach is continued by Geoff Skerritt, with emphasis on modern imaging techniques and is complemented by concise clearly illustrated anatomic details. The author of this new publication, and the writer of this foreword, as colleagues of Tony King, have experienced the benefit of this functional approach to anatomy. This approach is likely to be of continuing benefit to the present generation of students and veterinary professionals.
Donald Kelly
Emeritus Professor of Veterinary Pathology
University of Liverpool
Leahurst, UK
Preface
The origin of this book is linked to the similar text on the Applied Anatomy of the Central Nervous System and to the earlier book on the Functional Anatomy of the Limbs. These books were based on the undergraduate courses on applied veterinary anatomy that were given to Liverpool University veterinary students from 1970 onwards. The Department of Veterinary Anatomy during this time was staffed by a group of enthusiastic staff members who were responsible for a highly successful
