Canine and Feline Respiratory Medicine, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics: Small Animal Practice, E-Book
Canine and Feline Respiratory Medicine, an Issue of Veterinary Clinics: Small Animal Practice, E-Book
Erschienen am 7. Februar 2014
456 Seiten
978-0-323-26421-1 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
This issue contains cutting edge information on the diagnosis and treatment of respiratory medicine in dogs and cats. Topics will include laryngeal disease in dogs and cats, chronic rhinitis in the cat, feline sinonasal aspergillosis, canine nasal disease, feline asthma, interstitial lung disease in the West Highland White Terrier, bacterial pneumonia, exudative pleural disease, pulmonary function testing, canine bronchitis, tracheal and airway collapse, and mor.
"Overall, this book provides a great review of recent literature covering specific topics within small animal respiratory medicine" Reviewed by European Journal of Companion Animal Practice Jan 2015
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Inhalt
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Contributors
- Editor
- Authors
- Forthcoming Issues
- Forthcoming Issues
- Recent Issues
- Preface: Canine and Feline Respiratory Medicine
- Updates on Pulmonary Function Testing in Small Animals
- Key points
- Pulmonary function testing
- Tests of pulmonary gas exchange
- Summary
- Laryngeal Disease in Dogs and Cats
- Key points
- Introduction
- Anatomy and physiology
- Canine laryngeal paralysis
- Feline laryngeal paralysis
- Laryngeal collapse
- Laryngeal masses
- Summary
- Chronic Rhinitis in the Cat
- Key points
- Introduction
- Causes
- Patient history
- Physical examination
- Diagnostic testing
- Treatment
- Prognosis
- Summary
- Feline Aspergillosis
- Key points
- Introduction
- Classification schemes
- Etiology
- Epidemiology
- Pathogenesis
- Clinical presentation
- Differential diagnoses
- Diagnosis
- Treatment and prognosis
- Summary
- Canine Nasal Disease
- Key points
- Introduction
- Clinical findings
- Diagnostic modalities
- Pathology
- Case studies
- Summary
- Update on Feline Asthma
- Key points
- Introduction
- Epidemiology
- Pathogenesis
- Patient history and physical examination
- Differential diagnoses
- Diagnostics
- Treatment
- Monitoring
- Summary
- Canine Chronic Bronchitis
- Key points
- Overview
- Clinical approach
- Pathophysiology
- Treatment
- Prognosis
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- What to do when the dog is still coughing?
- Summary
- Tracheal and Airway Collapse in Dogs
- Key points
- Introduction
- Cause/Pathophysiology
- Patient history
- Physical examination
- Diagnostic evaluation
- Treatment
- Medical management
- Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis in West Highland White Terriers
- Key points
- Introduction
- Definition and histopathologic features
- Cause and pathogenesis
- Signalment and clinical signs
- Diagnosis and clinical examinations
- Arterial oxygenation
- Diagnostic imaging
- Bronchoscopy and BAL
- Treatment
- Biomarkers
- Bacterial Pneumonia in Dogs and Cats
- Key points
- Introduction
- Classification of bacterial pneumonia
- Clinical signs
- Physical examination
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Prognosis
- Case studies
- Exudative Pleural Diseases in Small Animals
- Key points
- Anatomy and development of pleural effusions
- Classification and types of effusions
- Hemothorax
- Bilothorax
- Pyothorax
- Chylothorax
- Summary
- Index
