The metabolic profile test is widely used in veterinary medicine, and is a counterpart to similar tests in human medicine. It was invented in the late 1960s as a means of diagnosis for various forms of production disease in dairy cows, but has now been extended to all animals. This book is a survey of developments in the field. It emphasizes the difference in concept from similar tests for humans, where individual abnormalities are important; in animals the tests are applied on a group basis - for example, herds or groups within herds. The test detects not only clincial and sub-clinical production disease, but also indicates such things as lack of exercise and limiting factors for growth. Fertility and welfare can also be monitored. Veterinarians; advanced first-degree students of veterinary science, and clinical science.
- ISBN10 0198545444
- ISBN13 9780198545446
- Publish Date July 1987
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 9 September 1993
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Oxford University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 188
- Language English