Veterinarians face daily as they seek to balance obligations to animal, client, peers, society and self. The book offers a highly readable and approachable introduction to the nature of ethical theory, reasoning and decision-making, and its practical application to veterinary medicine. Now with over 100 real-life veterinary case histories and analysis, this edition also includes new discussions of animal pain, distress and happiness, ethics of critical care, alternative medicine, legal status and value of animals, and Aesculapius authority. We thank all the authors for their time and effort to put pen to paper to share their experiences and knowledge in this book. Without their interest and commitment to the area of long-acting animal health products this book would not be the treasury of knowledge that it is. Contents: Veterinary Medicine; Veterinary Drugs; Preventive Medicine for Veterinary; Drug Resistance and Medicinal Fungi; Veterinary Infection and Treatment.