Introduction to Diseases and Disorders

Introduction to Diseases and Disorders



EDITORS Leah A. Cohn, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (Small Animal Internal Medicine),Urology



Etienne Côté, DVM, DACVIM (Cardiology, Small Animal Internal Medicine),Cardiology; Chief Complaints; Other Topics



Susan Cotter, DVM, DACVIM (Small Animal Internal Medicine and Oncology),Hematologic/Immunologic Diseases



Cheryl Cullen, DVM, MVetSc, DACVO,Ophthalmology



Curtis Dewey, DVM, MS, DACVIM (Neurology), DACVS,Neurology



Joseph Harari, DVM, MS, DACVS,Orthopedics



Sherri Ihle, DVM, MS, DACVIM (Small Animal Internal Medicine),Endocrinology



Safdar Khan, DVM, MS, PhD, DABVT,Toxicology



Michelle Kutzler, DVM, PhD, DACT,Theriogenology



Douglass Macintire, DVM, MS, DACVIM (Small Animal Internal Medicine), DACVECC,Infectious Diseases



Kathryn Michel, DVM, MS, DACVN,Nutrition



Karen L. Overall, MA, VMD, PhD, DACVB, CAAB,Behavior



Manon Paradis, DVM, MVSc, DACVD,Dermatology



Kenneth Rassnick, DVM, DACVIM (Oncology),Oncology



Alexander M. Reiter, Dipl Tzt, Dr Med Vet, DAVDC, DEVDC,Dentistry/Oral Surgery



Keith Richter, DVM, DACVIM (Small Animal Internal Medicine),Hepatobiliary/Pancreatic Diseases



Elizabeth Rozanski, DVM, DACVECC, DACVIM (Small Animal Internal Medicine),Emergency and Critical Care



Rance K. Sellon, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (Small Animal Internal Medicine),Respiratory Diseases



Richard Walshaw, BVMS, DACVS,Soft-Tissue Surgery



Debra Zoran, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVIM (Small Animal Internal Medicine),Gastroenterology


This section, Diseases and Disorders, aims to summarize the most important clinical entities in small-animal practice. These entities include specific disease syndromes and general clinical signs.


The following pages summarize several hundred of the most frequently encountered diseases and disorders. Over 100 more, which are encountered less frequently but are well recognized in veterinary practice and are equally complete and up to date, are accessible online in this same format at www.clinicalvetadvisor2.com.



BASIC INFORMATION image


DEFINITION: a brief explanation of the meaning of this disease or disorder


SYNONYMS: where appropriate, other terms used interchangeably to name this disease or disorder



EPIDEMIOLOGY


SPECIES, AGE, SEX: the typical signalment of affected individuals


GENETICS & BREED PREDISPOSITION: information regarding possible hereditary factors


RISK FACTORS: elements that might predispose a patient to this disease or disorder


CONTAGION & ZOONOSIS: important information regarding infectious spread of certain diseases


GEOGRAPHY AND SEASONALITY: features that would help to raise or lower the clinician’s index of suspicion for a disease or disorder, based on environment and timing of occurrence


ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS & DISORDERS: entities that occur simultaneously or as a result of this disease/disorder

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