Consultations in Feline Internal Medicine, Volume 6
- 1st Edition - November 10, 2009
- Latest edition
- Author: John R. August
- Language: English
Completely revised and updated with 80 all-new chapters covering the most important information on current diagnostic, treatment, and preventive challenges facing feline pr… Read more
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Completely revised and updated with 80 all-new chapters covering the most important information on current diagnostic, treatment, and preventive challenges facing feline practitioners today, Consultations in Feline Internal Medicine is an invaluable addition to every small animal clinician’s library. Full-color illustrations and expert contributions help you master and apply the latest advances in feline nutrition, emerging diseases, pet overpopulation, advanced imaging, and more with a comprehensive, clinically relevant approach.
SECTION 1 - INFECTIOUS DISEASES
1. Pyothorax: New Insights into an Old Disease
2. Influenza Infections
3. The Role of Wolbachia in Heartworm Infection
4. Cytauxzoon Infections
5. Sino-Orbital Aspergillosis: An Emerging Clinical Syndrome
6. Progress on Diagnosis of Retrovirus Infections
7. Diagnosis and Treatment of Feline Infectious Peritonitis
SECTION 2 - NUTRITION IN HEALTH AND DISEASE – NEW!
8. Dietary Therapy of Chronic Diarrhea
9. Dietary Therapy of Diseases of the Lower Urinary Tract
10. Metabolism, Diet, and Obesity
11. Probiotics
12. Critical Care Nutrition
13. Unconventional Diets
14. Nutritional Management of Chronic Kidney Disease
SECTION 3 - GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM
15. Gastrointestinal Function Testing
16. Imaging of the Gastrointestinal Tract
17. Diagnosis of Low-Grade Gastrointestinal Lymphoma
18. Protozoal Infections
19. Cholangiohepatitis
20. Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency
21. Antiemetic Therapy
22. Therapeutic Approach to Cats with Chronic Diarrhea
SECTION 4 - ENDOCRINE AND METABOLIC DISEASE
24. Hyperaldosteronism
25. Hyperthyroidism and the Kidneys
26. Monitoring of Diabetes Mellitus
27. New Long-Acting Insulins
28. Diabetic Emergencies
29. Acromegaly
SECTION 5 - DERMATOLOGY
30. Examining the Ear, Ear Canal, and Tympanic Membrane
31. Diagnostic Imaging of the Ear
32. Medical Management of Otitis
33. Rush and Conventional Immunotherapy
34. Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Infections
35. Acne
36. Use of Interferon Omega for Skin Diseases
37. How to Treat Parasites without Killing the Patient
SECTION 6 - CARDIOLOGY AND RESPIRATORY DISORDERS
38. Cardiac Blood Tests
39. The Molecular Genetics of cardiomyopathy
40. Diastolic Heart Failure
41. Congenital Heart Disease
42. Diagnosis and Management of Rhythm Disorders
43. Pathology of Primary Myocardial Disease
44. Asthma
45. Bronchoscopy
SECTION 7 - URINARY SYSTEM
46. Petfood-Related Nephrotoxicities
47. Linking Staging to Treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease
48. Survival in Kidney Disease
49. Managing and Monitoring Hypertension
50. Those "Other" Stones: Managing Struvite and Urate Calculi
51. Urinary Tract Neoplasia
52. Urologic Interventional Techniques: Current Applications and Future Possibilities
SECTION 8 - NEUROLOGY
53. Intervertebral Disk Disease
54. Novel Anticonvulsant Therapies
55. Brain Tumors: Clinical Spectrum
56. Gene Therapy for Lysosomal Storage Disease
57. Tremor Syndromes
58. Metabolic Encephalopathy: Organic Acidurias
59. Myopathic Disorders
SECTION 9 - HEMATOPOIETIC AND LYMPHATIC SYSTEMS
60. Immune-Mediated hemolytic Anemia
61. Blood Types
62. Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
63. Choosing Chemotherapy protocols for the Management of Lymphoma
64. Bone-Marrow Disorders
65. Plasma Cell Disorders
66. Erythropoeitin Therapy
SECTION 10 - ONCOLOGY
67. Mast Cell Disease
68. Cardiac Neoplasia
69. Tumors of the Ear
70. Ocular Tumors
71. Cytologic Dilemmas of the Lymph Node
72. Facilitating Client Grief
73. Administering Chemotherapy
SECTION 11 - POPULATION MEDICINE
74. Shelter Population Health Management
75. A Review of Spaying and Neutering
76. The State of Genetic Testing
77. Understanding Population Dynamics Models
78. Hospice in Cats
79. Alternate Therapies
80. Catteries: Reproductive Performance and Problems
"an invaluable addition to any practice library, providing answers to questions about common conditions while informing interested readers about more advanced and developing areas of feline medicine."
Veterinary Record, July 2010
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: November 10, 2009
- Language: English
JA
John R. August
Affiliations and expertise
Diplomate, ACVIM, Professor of Feline Internal Medicine, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX