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Ophthalmology in Small Animal Care, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice
- 1st Edition, Volume 53-2 - February 21, 2023
- Editor: Bruce H. Grahn
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 3 9 5 5 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 3 9 5 6 - 0
In this issue of Veterinary Clinics: Small Animal Practice, guest editor Dr. Bruce Grahn brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Ophthalmology in Small Animal Care. Top… Read more
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Request a sales quoteIn this issue of Veterinary Clinics: Small Animal Practice, guest editor Dr. Bruce Grahn brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Ophthalmology in Small Animal Care. Top experts in the field cover key topics such as corneal pigmentation in small animals; eosinophilic keratoconjunctivitis in cats; canine episcleritis and granulomatous scleritis; canine blepharitis and eyelid neoplasia; and more.
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Contains 10 relevant, practice-oriented topics including feline glaucoma; current applications of optical coherence tomography (OCT) in veterinary ophthalmology; diagnosis and classification of glaucoma in dogs; the ocular examination; congenital and anterior segment dysgenesis-associated glaucoma in small animals; and more.
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Provides in-depth clinical reviews on ophthalmology in small animal care, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.
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Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
veterinary medicine/small animal medicine
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Forthcoming Issues
- Preface
- Diagnostic Tests Used During the Ocular Examination
- Key points
- Sequence of events for ocular testing
- Medication that facilitate restraint and their potential effects on ocular tests
- Basic ocular tests
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- An Update on the Ocular Surface Bacterial Microbiota in Small Animals
- Key points
- Introduction
- Contrasting methodologies: culture versus high-throughput sequencing
- Sample collection and good diagnostic practices in the era of sequencing
- Interpreting sequencing data and diagnostic reports
- Biogeography of the ocular surface microbiome
- Composition of the ocular surface microbiota
- Clinical relevance of the ocular surface microbiota
- Antimicrobial resistance
- Streptococcus spp
- Pseudomonas spp
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Optical Coherence Tomography: A Review of Current Applications in Veterinary Ophthalmology
- Key points
- Introduction
- Technology
- Challenges in images acquisition
- Available spectral-domain optical coherence tomography systems, characteristics, and specific advantages
- Longitudinal studies
- Detecting retinal and corneal damage with optical coherence tomography
- Animal studies
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Diagnosing Corneal Pigmentation in Small Animals
- Key points
- Review of corneal anatomy
- Differential diagnoses for brown lesions on the ocular surface beyond corneal pigmentation
- Differential diagnoses of corneal pigmentation
- Clinics care points
- Eosinophilic Keratoconjunctivitis in Cats
- Key points
- Introduction
- Clinical findings
- Differential diagnoses
- Oral therapy
- Topical therapy
- Controversies
- Clinics care points
- Feline Glaucoma
- Key points
- Introduction
- The physiology of aqueous humor production and filtration in cats
- Categories of feline glaucoma
- Clinical diagnosis of idiopathic uveitis and intraocular neoplasia that induce secondary glaucoma of cats
- Gross pathology and histologic confirmation of secondary glaucoma of cats with uveitis and neoplasia
- Treatment options for feline glaucoma that is secondary to uveitis or intraocular neoplasia
- Feline aqueous misdirection glaucoma
- Incidental systemic and periocular causes of glaucoma in cats
- Lens luxation, cataracts, and their relationship to secondary glaucoma in cats
- Clinical, gross, and histologic diagnosis and treatment of congenital/anterior segment dysgenesis associated feline glaucoma
- Diagnosis and treatment of primary/idiopathic feline glaucoma
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- The Clinical Approach to Canine Glaucoma
- Key points
- Introduction
- Primary lens luxation
- Intumescent cataracts
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Glaucoma Associated with Anterior Segment Dysgenesis in Dogs and Cats
- Key points
- Definitions
- Update on anterior segment dysgenesis–associated glaucoma in dogs and cats: case series review
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- A Review of Canine Episclerokeratitis and Scleritis
- Key points
- An introduction to episclerokeratitis and its many synonyms
- Distinctive clinical categories of episclerokeratitis and differentiating these from pannus and scleritis
- Histologic features of episclerokeratitis
- Categorization of scleritis
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Blepharitis and Neoplasms of the Canine Eyelid Margin and Skin
- Key points
- Introduction: blepharitis and neoplasms of the canine eyelid skin
- Clinics care points
- Topical Ocular Therapeutics in Small Animals
- Key points
- Background
- Considerations of topical ocular therapeutics
- Commercially available topical ocular medications
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- No. of pages: 240
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 53-2
- Published: February 21, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Hardback ISBN: 9780323939553
- eBook ISBN: 9780323939560
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Bruce H. Grahn
Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emeritus, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan