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…
Chapter 31 INFERTILITY CLASSIFICATION 987 DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH 987 Initial Evaluation 987 Infertility and Decreased Libido 988 Acquired Infertility and Normal Libido 991 Congenital Infertility and Normal Libido 1001 TREATMENT OF…
Chapter 14 BETA-CELL NEOPLASIA: INSULINOMA ETIOLOGY 616 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 617 CLINICAL FEATURES 621 Signalment 621 History 621 Physical Examination 622 CLINICAL PATHOLOGIC ABNORMALITIES 622 DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSES FOR FASTING HYPOGLYCEMIA 623 DIAGNOSTIC…
Chapter 22 INDUCED ABORTION, PREGNANCY PREVENTION AND TERMINATION, AND MISMATING THE PROBLEM: UNWANTED PREGNANCY 835 INITIAL EVALUATION 835 TREATMENT OF BITCHES NOT INTENDED FOR BREEDING PROGRAMS 837 Ovariohysterectomy 837 TREATMENT…
Chapter 32 ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION, FRESH EXTENDED SEMEN, AND FROZEN SEMEN INDICATIONS FOR ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION 1005 ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION USING FRESH SEMEN 1005 Collection of Semen 1005 Insemination Procedure 1007 Success Rates…
Chapter 23 CYSTIC ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA/PYOMETRA COMPLEX PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 852 Hormonal Influence (Progesterone) 852 Cystic Endometrial Hyperplasia 853 Bacteria 853 Estrogen 854 SIGNALMENT AND HISTORY 854 Traditional Description Versus Clinical Experience 854…
Chapter 30 PROSTATITIS MECHANISMS OF PROSTATE-iNDUCED INFERTILITY 977 ACUTE BACTERIAL PROSTATITIS 977 Etiology and Pathophysiology 977 Clinical Signs 978 Diagnostic Evaluation 978 Therapy 982 Sequelae of Acute Bacterial Prostatitis 983…
Chapter 15 GASTRINOMA, GLUCAGONOMA, AND OTHER APUDomas REGULATORY PEPTIDES OF THE GUT 645 THE APUD CONCEPT 645 INSULINOMA 647 PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA 648 GASTRINOMA: ZOLLINGER-ELLISON SYNDROME 648 GLUCAGONOMA (SUPERFICIAL NECROLYTIC DERMATITIS) 654…
Chapter 10 GLUCOCORTICOID THERAPY THE CHEMISTRY OF GLUCOCORTICOIDS 464 BIOLOGIC EFFECTS 465 Molecular Mechanisms 465 Intermediary Metabolism 466 Effects on Other Tissues 466 Effects on the Function of Endocrine Organs…
