Customer Reviews
A good refernece for microscope work and revision. - By: Elizabeth, 06 Jan 2008 
I am a first year vet student & I used this book alongside my histology notes to revise, I found it very useful to look up what certain structures eg glands, hair follicles & blood cells look like under a microscope. The illustrations are clear & of many different magnifications & animals, including birds. The glossary is also very usefulwhen I can't quite remember what that word is i should know...! I would recommend this book for vet students over any medical histology book as it has tissues not foundin humans, eg those foundin the rumen. I also used this alongside microscope work & it proved invaluable to clarify certain details of the slides i was looking at. The only slight critisisms are the organisation - for example certain types of epithelia are found notin the 'epithelia' section but under the gastro intestinal section, however everything i have wanted to look at has beenin there & accessible via the index. Also slightly differnt terminology is used to what I have been taught- but a minor point. Overall it is a very useful book & i would recommend it to other vet students.
This new edition is a must have for veterinary students - By: jplummer@rvc.ac.uk, 09 Oct 2000 
The first edition of this book has been the standard textbook, both for academic staff & studentsin my department, since 1991. It contained good descriptions of all tissues needed by veterinary students. The micrographs encapsulated the necessary detail & the text provided a short description pointing out the salient features of each picture. This new edition will rapidly take the place of the previous book. Many of the pictures have been sharpened and,in some instances slightly higher magnifications eg of blood cells, has enhanced the visibility of the cellular structures. The colour balance has been subtly changed, there is less redin the pictures and,in general, this makes the images more like those seen under the microscope. In addition, the text at the has been reset so that headings & titles of micrographs arein colour, making rapid scanning easier. A valuable addition to this second edition is the glossary at the back that provides crisp definitions particularly for students who, at an early stage of learning, are not always sure what a structure is & where it can be foundin the body. For the veterinary student, this book is a must have. It provides a concise account of the structure of normal tissuein a wide range of species enabling later comparisons of pathological changes.
