CHAPTER 54 Novel Anticonvulsant Therapies Kerry Smith Bailey, Curtis W. Dewey CHAPTER OUTLINE Principles Of Anticonvulsant Therapy 540 Indications for Anticonvulsant Therapy 542 Assessment of Therapy 542 Drug Dosing 543…
CHAPTER 64 Feline Bone Marrow Disorders Douglas J. Weiss CHAPTER OUTLINE Histopathological Alterations in Bone Marrow 662 Acute Marrow Injury 662 Acute Inflammatory Injury 662 Chronic Bone Marrow Injury 663…
CHAPTER 59 Myopathic Disorders Debbie S. Ruehlmann CHAPTER OUTLINE Acquired Myopathies 603 Inflammatory Myopathies 603 Toxin- and Drug-Induced Myopathies 605 Metabolic Myopathies 605 Ischemic Myopathy 606 Neoplasia 606 Fibrotic Myopathy…
CHAPTER 18 Gastrointestinal Protozoal Infections Andrea Valeria Scorza, Michael R. Lappin CHAPTER OUTLINE Coccidians 200 Cryptosporidium spp. 200 Isospora (Cystoisospora) spp. 203 Flagellates 204 Giardia spp. 204 Tritrichomonas foetus 208…
CHAPTER 45 Bronchoscopy Lynelle R. Johnson CHAPTER OUTLINE Case Selection 459 Complications 459 Endoscopes 460 Anesthesia 460 Procedure 460 Sample Handling 463 Summary 463 Bronchoscopy is a valuable tool for…
CHAPTER 58 Metabolic Encephalopathy Organic Acidurias Dennis P. O’Brien, Rebecca A. Packer CHAPTER OUTLINE Organic Acids 595 Diagnosing Organic Acid Disorders 595 D-Lactic Acidosis with Gastrointestinal Disease 597 Methylmalonic Aciduria…
CHAPTER 47 Linking Treatment to Staging in Chronic Kidney Disease Scott A. Brown CHAPTER OUTLINE Establishing a Diagnosis of Chronic Kidney Disease 475 Initial Evaluation of Cats with Chronic Kidney…
CHAPTER 77 Understanding Population Dynamics Models Implications for Veterinarians Margaret R. Slater, Christine M. Budke CHAPTER OUTLINE Background of Population Dynamics Models 803 Definitions 804 Approaches to Population Dynamics Modeling…
CHAPTER 61 Blood Types of the Domestic Cat Barbara Bighignoli, Sean D. Owens, Lutz Froenicke, Leslie A. Lyons CHAPTER OUTLINE Brief Overview 628 Serological Techniques for Feline Blood Type Detection…
