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Over the past three decades, the technological miniaturization of ultrasound machines has made compact, portable ultrasound devices, ranging from pocket‐sized devices to laptop‐style machines, available to healthcare providers at the bedside. Healthcare providers are using ultrasound to look inside the body during their bedside evaluation of patients, which has given rise to a new field of clinical medicine called point‐of‐care ultrasound. Point‐of‐care ultrasound is defined as a goal‐directed, bedside ultrasound examination performed by a healthcare provider to answer a specific diagnostic question or guide performance of an invasive procedure at the bedside. Providers from nearly all healthcare professions have begun to learn how to use point‐of‐care ultrasound, and veterinary medicine is ideally suited for integration of point‐of‐care ultrasound given the diverse complaints and wide range of animals that are cared for by veterinarians on a daily basis.

The first edition of this book, called Focused Ultrasound Techniques for the Small Animal Practitioner, was published in 2014 and described the most common focused ultrasound examinations in veterinary medicine. The first edition established a standardized approach to perform a multisystem veterinary ultrasound examination, particularly of the heart, lungs, and abdomen, and has served as a guide for veterinarians to incorporate ultrasound into their clinical practices around the world. The book has been translated into Spanish, Chinese, Greek, Japanese, and Polish, and over 2000 copies have been sold worldwide.

In this second edition, the reader experience has been enhanced in several ways. The core chapters describing the fundamental veterinary ultrasound examinations have been expanded to discuss a broader range of species, including exotic species, and a more in‐depth discussion of feline species. Several new chapters have been added, including chapters on the use of ultrasound to evaluate marine mammals and zoo animals. Chapters on the nervous system describe evaluation of the brain and peripheral nerves, as well as performance of ultrasound‐guided nerve blocks. The online video library has been expanded to include over 100 videos of normal and abnormal findings to supplement the book chapters.

For veterinary clinicians seeking to improve their knowledge and skills in point‐of‐care ultrasound, this book has evolved to become a standard reference for its high‐yield chapters, online video content, and practical teaching points written by experts in the field.

Nilam J. Soni, MD, MSc Associate Professor of Medicine Department of Medicine University of Texas Health San Antonio San Antonio, Texas, USA