This clinically-oriented text covers the anatomy of all major species of domestic animals. It provides the general knowledge of mammalian structure that is crucial to the understanding of the other basic sciences, as well as the more detailed information that is directly applicable to the practice of veterinary medicine. Discussing the various body systems, it then offers a working knowledge of them by addressing the regional anatomy of a particular species or group of species.
It's a nice, complete book of comparative anatomy but awful to read. The authors insist on describing everything in the most convoluted way possible. I don't want to know how the muscles and tendons are engaged in some intricate dance, I just want to know how they run, god dammit!
Painful. Just painful. Maybe it was the subject matter but I found the text a challenge with not enough pictures. Must supplement with other resources.