Diseases of the Eye and Ear

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I. Eyes 1. Congenital ocular diseases 2. Degenerative ocular diseases 3. Inflammatory ocular diseases 4. Neoplastic ocular diseases II. Ears 1. Inflammatory otic diseases 2. Nonneoplastic and neoplastic proliferative otic…

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Diseases of the Urinary System

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I. Kidney 1. Abnormalities 2. Circulatory disturbances a. Hemorrhage b. Infarcts 3. Metabolic disturbances 4. Inflammatory and infectious diseases 5. Necrosis/degeneration 6. Renolithiasis 7. Neoplasia II. Lower urinary tract 1….

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Diseases of the Muscular System

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I. Genetic muscle disorders 1. Glycogen branching enzyme deficiency 2. Polysaccharide storage myopathy 3. Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis 4. Malignant hyperthermia 5. Recurrent exertional rhabdomyolysis II. Myotonic myopathy III. Dietary and…

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Diseases of the Endocrine System

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I. Pituitary gland II. Thyroid gland III. Adrenal gland This chapter covers pathologic changes affecting the pituitary gland, thyroid glands, and adrenal glands. Parathyroids, the endocrine pancreas, and gonads are…

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The Equine Necropsy

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I. General considerations II. Techniques 1. Positioning, examining, and opening of the carcass 2. Evisceration of the abdominal, pelvic, and thoracic organs a. Cranial mesenteric artery 3. Removal of the…

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