Cardiac Blood Tests
CHAPTER 38 Cardiac Blood Tests Mark A. Oyama CHAPTER OUTLINE Natriuretic Peptides 401 Detection of Underlying Heart Disease 401 Assessment of Disease Severity 402 Detecting Heart Failure in the Cat…
Metabolism, Diet, and Obesity
CHAPTER 10 Metabolism, Diet, and Obesity Margarethe Hoenig CHAPTER OUTLINE Definition 98 Pathogenesis 99 Hormonal and Metabolic Changes 99 Treatment 101 Feline obesity has increased dramatically in the past two…
Use of Long-Acting Insulin in the Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus
CHAPTER 27 Use of Long-Acting Insulin in the Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus Jacqueline S. Rand CHAPTER OUTLINE Goals of Therapy 286 Non–Insulin Dependence and Diabetic Remission 286 Pathogenesis of Feline…
Antiemetic Therapy
CHAPTER 21 Antiemetic Therapy Karin Allenspach, Daniel L. Chan CHAPTER OUTLINE Physiology of Emesis 232 Antiemetic Agents 232 α2-Adrenergic Antagonists 233 D2-Dopaminergic Antagonists 233 H1– and H2-Histaminergic Antagonists 233 M1-Muscarinergic…
Inflammatory Liver Diseases
CHAPTER 19 Inflammatory Liver Diseases Mark E. Hitt CHAPTER OUTLINE Etiology and Pathogenesis 214 Classification 216 Acute Neutrophilic Form of Cholangitis/Cholangiohepatitis 216 Signalment 217 Clinical Findings 217 Diagnosis 217 Imaging…
Nutritional Management of Chronic Kidney Disease
CHAPTER 14 Nutritional Management of Chronic Kidney Disease Denise A. Elliott CHAPTER OUTLINE Energy 137 Protein 138 Proteinuria 138 Uremia 139 Phosphate 139 Fluid Balance 140 Electrolytes 140 Sodium 140…
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococci
CHAPTER 34 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococci Daniel O. Morris CHAPTER OUTLINE Etiology of Staphylococcal Infections 368 Etiology of Methicillin Resistance 368 Epidemiology 369 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) 369 Methicillin-Resistant S. intermedius (MRSI)/S….
Rush and Conventional Immunotherapy
CHAPTER 33 Rush and Conventional Immunotherapy Ann M. Trimmer, Heide M. Newton CHAPTER OUTLINE Designing the Treatment Plan 358 Therapeutic Options 358 Allergen-Specific Immunotherapy 359 Mechanism of Action 359 Benefits…
Progress on Diagnosis of Retroviral Infections
CHAPTER 6 Progress on Diagnosis of Retroviral Infections Cynda Crawford CHAPTER OUTLINE Feline Leukemia Virus 53 Epidemiology and Pathogenesis 53 Diagnosis 54 Feline Immunodeficiency Virus 56 Epidemiology and Pathogenesis 56…
Unconventional Diets
CHAPTER 13 Unconventional Diets Jennifer A. Larsen, Sally C. Perea CHAPTER OUTLINE Regulatory Definitions 127 Home-Prepared Diets 128 Raw Food Feeding: Additional Considerations 133 Vegetarian and Vegan Feeding 134 Supplements…
