Includes bibliographical references and index.

1.Why Use Herbs?; ; I.Historical Relationship between Plants and Animals ; ; 2.Zoopharmacognosy; ; 3.Ethnoveterinary Medicine: Potential Solutions for Large-Scale Problems; ; 4.The Roots of Veterinary Botanical Medicine; ; 5.Overview of Traditional Chinese Medicine: The Cooking Pot Analogy; ; 6.Ayurvedic Veterinary Medicine: Principles and Practices; ; II.Herbal Medicine Controversies ; ; 7.Evaluating, Designing and Accessing Herbal Medicine Research; ; 8.Regulation and Quality Control; ; 9.A Skeptical View of Herbal; Medicine; III.The Plants ; ; 10.Medical Botany; ; 11.Plant Chemistry in Veterinary Medicine: Medicinal Constituents and their Mechanisms of Action; ; 12.Herbal Medicine: Potential for Intoxication and Interactions with Conventional Drugs; ; 13.Herbal Energetics: The Key to Efficacy in Herbal Medicine; ; 14.Herb Manufacture, Pharmacy and Dosing; ; 15.Herbal Materia Medica; ; 16.Designing the Medicinal Herb Garden; ; 17.Commercial Organic Herb Production for Veterinary Medicine; ; 18.Conserving Medicinal Plant Biodiversity; ; 19.Safe Substitutes for Endangered Herbs: Plant Conservation and Loss of our Medicines; ; IV.Veterinary Clinical Uses of Medicinal Plants ; ; 20.Approaches in Veterinary Herbal Medicine Prescribing; ; 21.Herbs for Hematologic and Immunologic Disorders; ; 22.Herbal Medicine in Equine Practice; ; 23.Phytotherapy for Dairy Cows; ; 24.Organic Management of Food Producing Livestock; ; 25.Clinical Practice; ; V.Resources ; ; A.Client Handouts; ; a.How to Administer Herbs; ; b.How to Report Adverse Events; ; B.Training in Herbal Medicine; ; C.Suppliers; ; D.Websites and Other Texts

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