Diseases of the Goat

Diseases of the Goat, 4th Edition, is a revised and updated edition of the popular tool for veterinarians featuring of all aspects of goat medicine from initial assessment and examination to diagnosis, treatment, and control of conditions. This highly practical, concise handbook is designed for frequent reference, and is suitable for all those treating and keeping goats. * Provides information on to predators, euthanasia, post-mortem technique, and fracture repair * Includes expanded coverage of a number of topics to appeal to a wider and more international audience especially in relation to poisonous plants * Incorporates the impact of new developments in goat diseases, such as the geographical spread of exotic diseases into new regions

Contents

The Book in a Nutshell

Prologue

Chapter 1: Corporate Reporting Then and Now: A Century of “Progress”

Chapter 2: And You Thought Earnings Are the Bottom Line

Part I: Matter of Fact

Chapter 3: The Widening Chasm Between Financial Information and Stock Prices

Chapter 4: Worse Than At First Sight

Chapter 5: Investors’ Fault or Accountants’?

Chapter 6: Finally, for the Still Unconvinced

Chapter 7: The Meaning of It All

Part II: Why The Relevance Lost?

Chapter 8: The Rise of Intangibles and Fall of Accounting

Chapter 9: Accounting: Facts or Fiction?

Chapter 10: Sins of Omission and Commission

Part III: So What’s To Be Done?

Chapter 11: What Really Matters to Investors (and Managers)

Chapter 12: Strategic Resources & Consequences Report: Case No. 1—Media and Entertainment

Chapter 13: Strategic Resources & Consequences Report: Case No. 2—Property and Casualty Insurance

Chapter 14: Strategic Resources & Consequences Report: Case No. 3—Pharmaceutics and Biotech

Chapter 15: Strategic Resources & Consequences Report: Case No. 4—Oil and Gas Companies

Practical Matters

Chapter 16: Implementation

Chapter 17: So, What to Do With Accounting? A Reform Agenda

Chapter 18: Investors’ Operating Instructions

Epilogue

Part III: So What’s To Be Done?

Chapter 11: What Really Matters to Investors (and Managers)

Chapter 12: Strategic Resources & Consequences Report: Case No. 1—Media and Entertainment

Chapter 13: Strategic Resources & Consequences Report: Case No. 2—Property and Casualty Insurance

Chapter 14: Strategic Resources & Consequences Report: Case No. 3—Pharmaceutics and Biotech

Chapter 15: Strategic Resources & Consequences Report: Case No. 4—Oil and Gas Companies

Practical Matters

Chapter 16: Implementation

Chapter 17: So, What to Do With Accounting? A Reform Agenda

Chapter 18: Investors’ Operating Instructions

Epilogue