Geoff Skerritt - King's Applied Anatomy of the Abdomen and Pelvis of Domestic Mammals

Library of Congress Cataloging‐in‐Publication Data

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

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021060395LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021060396

Cover design by: Wiley

Cover image: © Geoff Skerritt

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!

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

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 undergraduate course given to first‐year veterinary students. Professor Anthony King was the driving force that made veterinary anatomy a popular start to the careers in veterinary science. The success of the veterinary anatomy course was largely due to the way that anatomy, previously a rather boring subject comprising pure factual knowledge, became interesting and illustrated with applied and clinical facts that held the attention of the students. It was inevitable that the lecture notes that the staff produced to illustrate their lectures and practical classes should form the basis for more formal public interest and benefit from regular updating. Applied anatomy began to have a place in the clinical years of the veterinary degree course and supportive publications followed.

This book on the applied anatomy of the abdomen and pelvis originated from the lectures given by Tony King, Dr Keith Benson and myself. We were fortunate to be joined by Dr John Cox, a member of the clinical staff and an expert on mammalian reproduction. John made a valuable contribution to the chapters on pelvic anatomy, and I am grateful for his help and enthusiasm. The book contains a selection of diagrams to illustrate the text, and I am indebted to my wife, Dr Judith Skerritt, for her patience and skill in developing most of these. Finally, I needed help with the section on recent advances in diagnostic procedures particularly in equine patients. I am grateful to Dr Dave Stack for filling the gap. He is a clinician with particular experience of modern diagnostic techniques especially in regard to equine patients.

Geoff Skerritt

I would like to thank my wife, Judith, for her constant support and for her input into the illustrations. Wife, Judith, a mathematician, gave invaluable help to the computerisation of many of the figures so that they would be correct. She has helped me with the anatomical illustrations. Her skilfull use of the computer brought invaluable results to many otherwise typical anatomical diagrams.

John Cox is retired but was a popular member of staff at the Liverpool Veterinary School, where he taught and researched reproduction of domestic animals. Tony King recognised John’s enthusiasm for teaching the clinical application of applied anatomy in the early years of the veterinary course. I am grateful to John for his contribution and advice in the area of pelvic anatomy.

Dave Stack is a more recent member of staff at Liverpool. I am grateful to him for his knowledgable contribution in equine reproduction and especially for his provision of photographic illustrations.

Dr Geoff Skerritt, BVSc, FRSB, DipECVN, FRCVS

Dr Skerritt is a former lecturer in veterinary anatomy at the University of Liverpool and former principal at ChesterGates Veterinary Hospital, Chester. He was president of the British Veterinary Hospital Association from 2012 to 2014 and president of the European College of Veterinary Neurology from 1997 to 1990. He is a European Specialist in Veterinary Neurology, and he was a member of the Council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons 1997–2010 and chairman of the Specialisation and Further Education Committee.

Dr John Cox, BSc, BVetMed, PhD, FRCVS,was formerly senior lecturer in veterinary science at the Universty of Liverpool, Leahurst. John provided the basis for chapters 15and 16.

Dr John David Stack, MVB, MSc, FHEA, DipECVS, MRCVSis a senior lecturer in equine surgery at the University of Liverpool, Leahurst. David wrote the sections in chapter 18on equine diagnostic imaging and laparoscopy.

Dr Judith O.Skerritt, BSc, MSc, PhD., Childer Thornton, Cheshire.She was formerly a partner and the business director of ChesterGates Veterinary Hospital.

This book is accompanied by a companion website.

www.wiley.com/go/skerritt/abdomen

This website includes:

Downloadable figure PowerPoint slides from the book.

Multiple‐choice questions to aid learning.

The abdomen is the major cavity of the body in the domestic animals and human beings. It contains the gastrointestinal tract, the liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys and the ovaries together with most of the female reproductive tract. The abdomen is separated from the thorax cranially by the diaphragmand the caudal ribs; caudally it is continuous with the pelvic cavity.