Chapter 24 INFERTILITY, ASSOCIATED BREEDING DISORDERS, AND DISORDERS OF SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPING THE PROBLEM LIST 868 Assessment of the Male 868 History (Anamnesis) 869 Physical Examination 869 Owner Management Practices…
Chapter 25 VAGINAL DEFECTS, VAGINITIS, AND VAGINAL INFECTION CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES OF THE VAGINA AND VULVA p. 901 Embryonic Development 901 Clinical Signs 902 Diagnosis 904 Therapy 905 VAGINAL HYPERPLASIA/VAGINAL PROLAPSE…
Chapter 8 HYPOADRENOCORTICISM (ADDISON’S DISEASE) BACKGROUND 394 ETIOLOGY 395 Primary Adrenocortical Failure 396 Secondary Adrenocortical Failure 397 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 398 Background 398 Mineralocorticoids 398 Glucocorticoids 401 Sex Hormones 402 Severity of…
Chapter 5 CANINE THYROID TUMORS AND HYPERTHYROIDISM TUMOR CLASSIFICATION 220 Pathology (Necropsy) versus Clinical Experience 220 Physical Examination and Clinical Signs 220 The Incidentally Discovered Thyroid Mass 220 NONFUNCTIONINC THYROID…
Chapter 33 FELINE REPRODUCTION THE QUEEN ANATOMIC CONSIDERATIONS 1016 THE ESTROUS CYCLE 1016 Onset of Puberty and Optimal Breeding Age 1016 Seasonality of the Estrous Cycle 1017 Phases of the…
Chapter 9 PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA AND MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA 440 Etiology 440 Pathophysiology 441 Signalment 443 Clinical Manifestations 444 Physical Examination 445 Clinical Pathology 446 Diagnostic Imaging Techniques 447 Arterial Blood…
Chapter 29 DISORDERS OF THE TESTES AND EPIDIDYMIDES CONGENITAL DISORDERS 961 Cryptorchidism 961 Testicular Hypoplasia 963 Aplasia of the Duct System 963 ACQUIRED DISORDERS 964 Testicular Tumors 964 Male Feminizing…
Chapter 21 PERIPARTURIENT DISEASES NORMAL PERIPARTURIENT CONDITION OF THE BITCH 808 Blood and Serum 808 CLINICAL PSEUDOPREGNANCY (PSEUDOCYESIS) 808 Definition and Signs 808 Physiology 809 Diagnosis/Interpretation 809 Treatment 809 Pseudopregnancy-Induced…
Chapter 17 HYPOCALCEMIA AND PRIMARY HYPOPARATHYROIDISM DEFINITION OF PRIMARY HYPOPARATHYROIDISM 716 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 716 Systemic Calcium Homeostasis 716 Hypoparathyroidism (Hypocalcemia) 719 CLINICAL FEATURES OF NATURALLY OCCURRING HYPOPARATHYROIDISM IN DOGS 721 Signalment…
Chapter 7 HYPERADRENOCORTICISM IN CATS (CUSHING’S SYNDROME) ETIOLOGY 359 Iatrogenic Cushing’s Syndrome 359 Naturally Occurring Feline Cushing’s Syndrome (FCS) 359 SIGNALMENT (ACE, SEX, BREED) 360 DURATION OF CLINICAL SIGNS, CHIEF…
