Chapter 4 FELINE HYPERTHYROIDISM (THYROTOXICOSIS) DEFINITION 153 HISTORY OF HYPERTHYROIDISM 153 PATHOLOGY 153 Background 153 Benign Thyroid Tumors 154 Malignant Thyroid Tumors 154 ETIOLOGY 155 Historical Background 155 Possible Nutritional…
Chapter 1 WATER METABOLISM AND DIABETES INSIPIDUS PHYSIOLOGY OF WATER METABOLISM 2 DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSES FOR POLYDIPSIA AND POLYURIA 9 DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH TO POLYURIA AND POLYDIPSIA 13 ETIOLOGY OF DIABETES INSIPIDUS…
Chapter 13 DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS PATHOGENESIS AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 580 SIGNALMENT 584 HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION 584 ESTABLISHING THE DIAGNOSIS OF DIABETIC KETOSIS AND KETOACIDOSIS 585 IN-HOSPITAL DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION 586 THERAPY OF…
Chapter 6 CANINE HYPERADRENOCORTICISM (CUSHING’S SYNDROME) REGULATION OF GLUCOCORTICOID SECRETION 253 Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone (CRH) 253 Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH) 253 Steroids 256 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 258 Pituitary-Dependent Hyperadrenocorticism 258 Adrenal Tumor Hyperadrenocorticism (ATH)…
Chapter 2 DISORDERS OF GROWTH HORMONE BIOSYNTHESIS OF GROWTH HORMONE AND IGF-I 45 METABOLIC ACTIONS OF GROWTH HORMONE 46 REGULATION OF GROWTH HORMONE SECRETION 47 CONGENITAL HYPOSOMATOTROPISM: PITUITARY DWARFISM 48…
Chapter 11 CANINE DIABETES MELLITUS CLASSIFICATION AND ETIOLOGY 486 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 491 SIGNALMENT 492 ANAMNESIS 492 PHYSICAL EXAMINATION 492 ESTABLISHING THE DIAGNOSIS OF DIABETES MELLITUS 493 CLINICAL PATHOLOGIC ABNORMALITIES 493 TREATMENT…
Chapter 12 FELINE DIABETES MELLITUS CLASSIFICATION AND ETIOLOGY 539 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 547 SIGNALMENT 547 ANAMNESIS 547 PHYSICAL EXAMINATION 548 ESTABLISHING THE DIAGNOSIS OF DIABETES MELLITUS 548 CLINICAL PATHOLOGIC ABNORMALITIES 548 TREATMENT…
Chapter 27 CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION OF THE MALE REPRODUCTIVE TRACT HISTORY 930 PHYSICAL EXAMINATION 930 SEMEN EVALUATION 932 Techniques for Obtaining a Semen Sample 932 Reasons for Failure to…
Chapter 20 BREEDING, PREGNANCY, AND PARTURITION SEXUAL BEHAVIOR 775 Development of Sexual Behavior 775 Courtship 775 Changes in Sexual Behavior in Proestrus and Estrus 776 Normal Mating 776 The Tie…
Chapter 19 OVARIAN CYCLE AND VAGINAL CYTOLOGY THE OVARIAN CYCLE 752 Onset of Puberty 752 Seasonality of the Ovarian Cycle 752 Intervals Between Ovarian Cycles 752 Phases of the Ovarian…
