This issue is the first part of a comprehensive review of field surgery techniques for the food animal practitioner. The issue will include the following areas: anesthesia, chemical restraint, vesiculectomy, teat surgery, scrotal surgery, Cesarean section, rectal, uterine and vaginal prolapse, rumenostomy, small intestine surgery, surgery of the upper respiratory system, minimally-invasive field abomasopexy techniques, and many more.