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Don't leave your performance on the NAVLE® to chance! With so many ways to review for the veterinary board exam, studying is easy with Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NAVLE® -- and it's a smart investment! In-depth coverage of essential information in each of the major veterinary disciplines ensures that you are studying with the best veterinary board review book available. Written by noted educator Patricia Schenck to follow NAVLE® specifications, this is a valuable resource created specifically to help with NAVLE® exam preparation. This title includes additional digital media when purchased in print format. For this digital book edition, media content is not included.
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- Exam-based structure familiarizes you with the content you will see on the veterinary board exam and builds your knowledge step-by-step.
- Convenient, point-by-point outline format highlights the most essential data to streamline your NAVLE® exam preparation.
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- Case-based study questions test you on the clinical situations you will be challenged with on the exam and in practice.
- Answer key with rationales explains the logic behind each answer and reinforces important principles.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front Cover | Cover | ||
| Saunders Comprehensive Review for the Navle® | iii | ||
| Copyright Page | iv | ||
| Table of Contents | xiii | ||
| Section Editors | v | ||
| Contributors | vii | ||
| Preface | ix | ||
| Acknowledgments | xi | ||
| SECTION I: GENERAL DISCIPLINES IN VETERINARY MEDICINE | 1 | ||
| Chapter 1. Clinical Pathology: Clinical Chemistry | 1 | ||
| EVALUATION OF RENAL FUNCTION | 1 | ||
| FLUIDS AND ACID-BASE METABOLISM | 4 | ||
| ELECTROLYTE METABOLISM | 6 | ||
| EVALUATION OF THE LIVER | 8 | ||
| EVALUATION OF THE PANCREAS | 10 | ||
| EVALUATION OF DIGESTION AND INTESTINAL ABSORPTION | 11 | ||
| EVALUATION OF SERUM AND PLASMA PROTEINS | 11 | ||
| DETECTION OF MUSCLE INJURY | 12 | ||
| EVALUATION OF LIPIDS | 13 | ||
| EVALUATION OF GLUCOSE METABOLISM | 15 | ||
| EVALUATION OF LABORATORY DATA | 16 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 17 | ||
| Chapter 2. Clinical Pathology: Cytology | 18 | ||
| INFLAMMATION | 19 | ||
| NEOPLASIA OR HYPERPLASIA | 21 | ||
| INFECTIOUS AGENTS | 22 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 23 | ||
| Chapter 3. Clinical Pathology: Hematology | 24 | ||
| COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT (REQUIRES SAMPLE COLLECTED INTO AN EDTA TUBE) | 24 | ||
| CLASSIFICATION OF ANEMIA | 26 | ||
| POLYCYTHEMIAS | 27 | ||
| LEUKOCYTE RESPONSES | 27 | ||
| BONE MARROW EVALUATION | 28 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 30 | ||
| Chapter 4. Dentistry | 31 | ||
| CANINE AND FELINE DENTISTRY | 31 | ||
| LAGOMORPH AND RODENT DENTISTRY | 35 | ||
| EQUINE DENTISTRY | 35 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 39 | ||
| Chapter 5. Diagnostic Imaging | 40 | ||
| GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF IMAGING | 40 | ||
| SMALL ANIMAL ORTHOPEDICS | 40 | ||
| SMALL ANIMAL THORACIC | 43 | ||
| SMALL ANIMAL ABDOMINAL | 47 | ||
| LARGE ANIMAL ORTHOPEDICS | 51 | ||
| ULTRASOUND | 53 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 55 | ||
| Chapter 6. Food Safety | 56 | ||
| UNITED STATES GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES AND REGULATIONS SIGNIFICANTLY INVOLVED IN FOOD SAFETY OF ANIMAL PRODUCTS | 56 | ||
| FOODBORNE ILLNESS (DISEASE) | 57 | ||
| SELECTED VIRAL FOOD-BORNE DISEASE AGENTS | 61 | ||
| SELECTED PARASITES CAUSING HUMAN FOOD-BORNE ILLNESS | 62 | ||
| PRION DISEASE | 63 | ||
| FOOD-BORNE NATURAL TOXINS | 63 | ||
| GENERAL PRECAUTIONS FOOD SAFETY | 64 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 64 | ||
| Chapter 7. Necropsy Techniques | 65 | ||
| EXTERNAL EXAMINATION | 65 | ||
| EXAMINATION OF THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM | 65 | ||
| EXAMINATION OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM | 66 | ||
| EXAMINATION OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM | 69 | ||
| EXAMINATION OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL (GI) TRACT | 70 | ||
| EXAMINATION OF THE LIVER AND BILIARY SYSTEM | 76 | ||
| EXAMINATION OF THE URINARY TRACT | 77 | ||
| EXAMINATION OF THE PANCREAS | 79 | ||
| EXAMINATION OF THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM | 79 | ||
| EXAMINATION OF THE HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM | 80 | ||
| EXAMINATION OF THE REPRODUCTIVE TRACT | 81 | ||
| EXAMINATION OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM | 82 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 83 | ||
| Chapter 8. Ophthalmology | 84 | ||
| EXAMINING THE EYE | 84 | ||
| DISEASES OF THE ORBIT | 84 | ||
| DISORDERS OF THE EYELIDS | 85 | ||
| DISORDERS OF THE CONJUNCTIVA | 85 | ||
| DISORDERS OF THE NICTITATING MEMBRANE | 86 | ||
| DISEASES OF THE CORNEA | 86 | ||
| DISEASES OF THE ANTERIOR UVEA | 88 | ||
| GLAUCOMA | 89 | ||
| DISORDERS OF THE LENS | 90 | ||
| DISEASES OF THE VITREOUS AND FUNDUS | 91 | ||
| DISEASES OF THE OPTIC NERVE | 92 | ||
| NEURO-OPHTHALMOLOGY | 92 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 93 | ||
| Chapter 9. Pharmacology | 94 | ||
| CARDIOVASCULAR DRUGS | 94 | ||
| PULMONARY DRUGS | 97 | ||
| GASTROINTESTINAL (GI) DRUGS | 98 | ||
| DRUGS FOR HEPATIC DISEASE | 99 | ||
| DRUGS FOR ENDOCRINE DISEASE | 100 | ||
| DRUGS FOR RENAL DISEASE | 101 | ||
| DRUGS FOR LOWER URINARY TRACT DISEASE | 102 | ||
| ANTIBACTERIALS | 102 | ||
| ANTIFUNGALS | 104 | ||
| GLUCOCORTICOIDS | 104 | ||
| NONSTEROIDAL ANTIINFLAMMATORY DRUGS (NSAIDS) | 105 | ||
| OPIOID ANALGESICS | 105 | ||
| ANTICOAGULANTS | 106 | ||
| ANTICONVULSANTS | 107 | ||
| ANTHELMINTHIC AGENTS | 107 | ||
| FLEA, HEARTWORM, AND ENDOPARASITE PREVENTION | 107 | ||
| ECTOPARASITICIDES | 108 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 110 | ||
| Chapter 10. Toxicology | 111 | ||
| TOXICANTS AFFECTING THE HEART AND SKELETAL MUSCLE | 111 | ||
| TOXICANTS AFFECTING THE KIDNEYS | 117 | ||
| TOXICANTS AFFECTING THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM | 122 | ||
| TOXICANTS AFFECTING THE LIVER | 123 | ||
| TOXICANTS AFFECTING THE NERVOUS SYSTEM | 128 | ||
| TOXICANTS AFFECTING THE GASTROINTESTINAL (GI) TRACT | 141 | ||
| TOXICANTS AFFECTING THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM | 146 | ||
| TOXICANTS AFFECTING THE SKIN | 150 | ||
| TOXICANTS AFFECTING THE OROPHARYNGEAL CAVITY (AND GASTROINTESTINAL (GI) TRACT) | 152 | ||
| TOXICANTS AFFECTING REPRODUCTION | 152 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 153 | ||
| SECTION II: SMALL ANIMAL | 155 | ||
| Chapter 11. Anesthesia | 155 | ||
| ANESTHESIA MACHINES AND SYSTEMS | 155 | ||
| PREANESTHETIC AGENTS | 156 | ||
| INJECTABLE ANESTHETIC AGENTS | 158 | ||
| INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENTS | 159 | ||
| MONITORING THE ANESTHETIZED PATIENT (FROM THE LATIN WHICH MEANS \"TO WARN\") | 161 | ||
| PAIN | 163 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 164 | ||
| Chapter 12. Cardiovascular Disorders | 165 | ||
| CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY DEFINITIONS | 165 | ||
| DIAGNOSTIC TESTS | 165 | ||
| CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE | 166 | ||
| ACQUIRED HEART DISEASE | 171 | ||
| ELECTROCARDIOGRAM (ECG) AND ARRHYTHMIAS | 184 | ||
| MEDICATIONS | 185 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 188 | ||
| Chapter 13. Dermatology | 189 | ||
| GENERAL ASSESSMENT OF THE DERMATOLOGY PATIENT | 189 | ||
| STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE SKIN | 190 | ||
| FOLLICULITIS | 191 | ||
| ENDOCRINE AND ALOPECIC DERMATOSES | 194 | ||
| PRURITIC SKIN DISORDERS | 194 | ||
| KERATINIZATION AND METABOLIC SKIN DISORDERS | 197 | ||
| AUTOIMMUNE SKIN DISORDERS | 198 | ||
| IMMUNE-MEDIATED DISORDERS | 199 | ||
| NODULAR SKIN DISORDERS | 199 | ||
| OTITIS | 200 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 200 | ||
| Chapter 14. Emergency Medicine | 201 | ||
| FLUID THERAPY | 201 | ||
| EMERGENCY TECHNIQUES | 203 | ||
| SHOCK | 204 | ||
| CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION | 205 | ||
| BLOOD TRANSFUSION | 206 | ||
| HEATSTROKE | 206 | ||
| ANAPHYLAXIS | 206 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 206 | ||
| Chapter 15. Endocrine Disorders | 208 | ||
| DISORDERS OF THYROID METABOLISM | 208 | ||
| DISORDERS OF ADRENAL FUNCTION | 210 | ||
| DISORDERS OF CALCIUM METABOLISM | 214 | ||
| DISORDERS OF GLUCOSE METABOLISM | 218 | ||
| DISORDERS OF GROWTH HORMONE | 221 | ||
| OTHER ENDOCRINE DISORDERS | 222 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 223 | ||
| Chapter 16. Gastrointestinal Disorders | 225 | ||
| ORAL DISORDERS | 225 | ||
| ESOPHAGUS AND DISORDERS OF SWALLOWING | 226 | ||
| STOMACH DISORDERS | 229 | ||
| INTESTINAL DISORDERS | 231 | ||
| CONSTIPATION AND ANORECTAL DISEASES | 236 | ||
| LIVER AND BILIARY TRACT DISORDERS | 239 | ||
| EXOCRINE PANCREAS DISORDERS | 246 | ||
| PERITONITIS | 247 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 247 | ||
| Chapter 17. Hematology | 249 | ||
| ERYTHROCYTE DISORDERS | 249 | ||
| LEUKOCYTE DISORDERS | 251 | ||
| PLATELET DISORDERS | 252 | ||
| DYSPLASTIC DISORDERS | 253 | ||
| LEUKEMIC DISORDERS | 253 | ||
| COAGULATION DISORDERS | 254 | ||
| IMMUNE DISORDERS | 256 | ||
| SPLENIC DISORDERS | 257 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 258 | ||
| Chapter 18. Infectious Diseases | 260 | ||
| FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS | 260 | ||
| FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (FIV) | 261 | ||
| FELINE INFECTIOUS PERITONITIS (FIP) | 262 | ||
| FELINE INFECTIOUS RESPIRATORY DISEASE | 263 | ||
| CANINE INFECTIOUS TRACHEOBRONCHITIS (KENNEL COUGH) | 264 | ||
| CANINE DISTEMPER | 264 | ||
| INTESTINAL VIRUSES | 265 | ||
| RABIES | 267 | ||
| PSEUDORABIES | 267 | ||
| MISCELLANEOUS VIRAL DISEASES | 267 | ||
| RICKETTSIOSIS, EHRLICHIOSIS, ANAPLASMOSIS, NEORICKETTSIOSIS | 268 | ||
| BORRELIOSIS (LYME DISEASE) | 270 | ||
| SYSTEMIC BACTERIAL INFECTIOUS DISEASE | 271 | ||
| SYSTEMIC MYCOSES | 272 | ||
| SYSTEMIC PROTOZOAL INFECTIONS | 275 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 276 | ||
| Chapter 19. Nervous System Disorders | 277 | ||
| DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH | 277 | ||
| BRAIN AND CRANIAL NERVE DISORDERS | 279 | ||
| SEIZURES | 284 | ||
| SPINAL CORD DISORDERS | 285 | ||
| PERIPHERAL NERVE DISORDERS | 287 | ||
| MUSCLE AND NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION DISORDERS | 287 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 289 | ||
| Chapter 20. Nutrition | 290 | ||
| NUTRIENTS | 290 | ||
| ENERGY REQUIREMENTS | 291 | ||
| PET FOODS | 291 | ||
| NUTRITION UNIQUE TO THE CAT | 292 | ||
| DIETARY MANAGEMENT IN DISEASES | 293 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 296 | ||
| Chapter 21. Oncology | 297 | ||
| ONCOLOGY PRINCIPLES | 297 | ||
| LYMPHOID NEOPLASIA | 298 | ||
| SARCOMAS AND MAST CELL TUMORS | 300 | ||
| MAMMARY GLAND NEOPLASIA | 302 | ||
| SKIN AND SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE TUMORS | 303 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 304 | ||
| Chapter 22. Orthopedic Disorders | 305 | ||
| FRACTURES OF THE SKULL | 305 | ||
| FRACTURES AND DISLOCATIONS OF THE MANDIBLE | 305 | ||
| FRACTURES OF THE MAXILLA | 306 | ||
| NEOPLASIA OF THE MAXILLA AND MANDIBLE | 306 | ||
| FRACTURES AND DISLOCATIONS OF THE SPINE | 307 | ||
| NEOPLASIA OF THE AXIAL SKELETON | 309 | ||
| FRACTURES OF THE SHOULDER | 309 | ||
| SCAPULOHUMERAL LUXATION | 310 | ||
| FRACTURES OF THE HUMERUS | 310 | ||
| FRACTURES AND GROWTH DEFORMITIES OF THE RADIUS AND ULNA, LUXATION OF THE ELBOW | 311 | ||
| FRACTURES AND DISLOCATIONS OF THE CARPUS | 312 | ||
| FRACTURES OF THE PELVIS | 314 | ||
| DISORDERS OF THE COXOFEMORAL JOINT | 315 | ||
| FRACTURES OF THE FEMUR | 316 | ||
| ORTHOPEDIC DISORDERS OF THE STIFLE | 316 | ||
| FRACTURES OF THE TIBIA AND FIBULA | 318 | ||
| LUXATION, SUBLUXATION, AND SHEARING INJURIES OF THE TARSAL JOINT | 318 | ||
| ORTHOPEDIC DISORDERS OF THE DISTAL EXTREMITIES | 319 | ||
| AMPUTATION OF THE DIGIT | 320 | ||
| SURGERY OF SKELETAL MUSCLE AND TENDONS | 320 | ||
| NEOPLASIA OF THORACIC AND PELVIC LIMBS | 321 | ||
| MISCELLANEOUS DISEASES OF BONE | 322 | ||
| OSTEOCHONDROSIS | 324 | ||
| PEDIATRIC FRACTURES | 325 | ||
| OPEN FRACTURES | 326 | ||
| OSTEOMYELITIS | 327 | ||
| DELAYED UNION, NONUNION, AND MALUNION | 328 | ||
| OSTEOARTHRITIS | 328 | ||
| IMMUNE-MEDIATED ARTHRITIS | 329 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 331 | ||
| Chapter 23. Preventive Medicine | 332 | ||
| VACCINATIONS | 332 | ||
| HEARTWORM AND FLEA PREVENTATIVES | 332 | ||
| HEARTWORM DISEASE (DIROFILARIA IMMITIS) | 338 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 341 | ||
| Chapter 24. Reproductive Disorders | 342 | ||
| PROSTATE GLAND DISORDERS | 342 | ||
| DISORDERS OF THE TESTES | 343 | ||
| DISORDERS OF THE SCROTUM | 345 | ||
| DISORDERS OF THE PENIS AND PREPUCE | 345 | ||
| DISORDERS OF THE OVARIES AND UTERUS | 346 | ||
| DISORDERS OF THE VULVA, VESTIBULE, AND VAGINA | 348 | ||
| INFERTILITY AND BREEDING DISORDERS AND ISSUES | 350 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 352 | ||
| Chapter 25. Respiratory Disorders | 353 | ||
| DIAGNOSTIC METHODS FOR RESPIRATORY DISEASES | 353 | ||
| NASAL CAVITY AND SINUSES | 354 | ||
| UPPER AIRWAY DISORDERS | 356 | ||
| BRONCHOPULMONARY DISEASES | 357 | ||
| DISORDERS OF THE THORACIC CAVITY | 361 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 364 | ||
| Chapter 26. Restraint | 365 | ||
| INDICATIONS | 365 | ||
| VERBAL RESTRAINT | 365 | ||
| PHYSICAL RESTRAINT OF DOGS | 365 | ||
| PHYSICAL RESTRAINT OF CATS | 366 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 367 | ||
| Chapter 27. Soft Tissue Surgery | 368 | ||
| GENERAL INFORMATION | 368 | ||
| SUTURE INFORMATION | 368 | ||
| BODY CAVITIES AND HERNIAS | 369 | ||
| SURGERY OF THE INTEGUMENT | 370 | ||
| SURGICAL DISEASES OF THE GI TRACT | 371 | ||
| SURGICAL DISEASES OF THE URINARY TRACT | 379 | ||
| SURGICAL DISEASES OF THE GENITAL TRACT | 381 | ||
| SURGICAL DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY TRACT | 382 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 383 | ||
| Chapter 28. Urinary System Disorders | 384 | ||
| GENERAL INFORMATION | 384 | ||
| UPPER URINARY TRACT DISORDERS | 384 | ||
| LOWER URINARY TRACT DISORDERS (LUTD) | 390 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 400 | ||
| SECTION III: EQUINE | 401 | ||
| Chapter 29. Anesthesia | 401 | ||
| GENERAL INFORMATION | 401 | ||
| ANESTHETIC AND SEDATIVE AGENTS | 401 | ||
| INDUCTION AGENTS | 403 | ||
| MAINTAINING ANESTHESIA | 403 | ||
| SUPPORTIVE THERAPY | 404 | ||
| COMPLICATIONS | 404 | ||
| FIELD TECHNIQUES | 405 | ||
| SIGNS OF ACUTE PAIN IN THE HORSE | 406 | ||
| COMMONLY USED ANALGESICS IN THE HORSE | 406 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 406 | ||
| Chapter 30. Behavior | 407 | ||
| SOCIAL BEHAVIOR OF THE HORSE | 407 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 409 | ||
| Chapter 31. Cardiovascular Disease | 410 | ||
| CARDIAC EXAMINATION | 410 | ||
| CARDIAC DISORDERS | 412 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 413 | ||
| Chapter 32. Hematology | 414 | ||
| ANEMIA | 414 | ||
| COAGULATION DISORDERS | 417 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 418 | ||
| Chapter 33. Dermatology | 419 | ||
| PRURITIC SKIN DISORDERS OF HORSES | 419 | ||
| SCALING AND CRUSTING DISORDERS | 420 | ||
| NODULAR SKIN DISORDERS | 422 | ||
| ALOPECIC AND PIGMENTARY DISORDERS | 423 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 424 | ||
| Chapter 34. Diagnostic Imaging | 425 | ||
| CONVENTIONAL RADIOGRAPHY | 425 | ||
| Chapter 35. Endocrine Disorders | 429 | ||
| EQUINE CUSHING-LIKE SYNDROME (ECD) OR PARS INTERMEDIA DYSFUNCTION (PID) | 429 | ||
| EQUINE METABOLIC SYNDROME | 431 | ||
| POSTERIOR PITUITARY DYSFUNCTION | 432 | ||
| ADRENAL DISEASE IN HORSES | 432 | ||
| THYROID GLAND DYSFUNCTION | 432 | ||
| PARATHYROID DISEASES OF HORSES | 433 | ||
| EQUINE ANHIDROSIS | 433 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 434 | ||
| Chapter 36. Gastrointestinal Diseases | 435 | ||
| OVERVIEW | 435 | ||
| GASTROINTESTINAL (GI) DYSFUNCTION (COLIC): NUMBER ONE KILLER OF HORSES! | 435 | ||
| OTHER GI DISORDERS | 436 | ||
| Chapter 37. Infectious Diseases | 439 | ||
| BLOOD-BORNE AGENTS | 439 | ||
| NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS | 440 | ||
| RESPIRATORY DISORDERS | 443 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 446 | ||
| Chapter 38. Nervous System Disorders | 447 | ||
| NEUROLOGIC EVALUATION | 447 | ||
| ADULT NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS | 449 | ||
| PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHIES AND NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES | 453 | ||
| Chapter 39. Nutrition | 456 | ||
| BASIC BACKGROUND REGARDING EQUINE NUTRITION | 456 | ||
| BASIC EQUINE GASTROINTESTINAL ANATOMY RELATED TO NUTRITION | 456 | ||
| GENERAL EQUINE NUTRITION | 457 | ||
| VITAMINS AND MINERALS | 458 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 458 | ||
| Chapter 40. Oncology | 459 | ||
| BASIC PRINCIPLES | 459 | ||
| TUMORS OF THE SKIN AND UNDERLYING TISSUES | 459 | ||
| TUMORS OF THE SKULL AND SINUSES | 461 | ||
| TUMORS OF THE ENDOCRINE AND HEMOLYMPHATIC SYSTEM | 462 | ||
| GASTROINTESTINAL (GI) TUMORS | 463 | ||
| UROGENITAL TUMORS | 463 | ||
| MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM | 463 | ||
| THORACIC NEOPLASIA | 464 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 464 | ||
| Chapter 41. Ophthalmology | 465 | ||
| CORNEAL DISEASE: ULCERATION | 465 | ||
| CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASE: KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS | 465 | ||
| OCULAR TRAUMA | 465 | ||
| EQUINE RECURRENT UVEITIS (MOON BLINDNESS) | 465 | ||
| OTHER DISEASES | 466 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 466 | ||
| Chapter 42. Orthopedic Disorders | 467 | ||
| THRUSH | 467 | ||
| LAMINITIS | 467 | ||
| SECONDARY NUTRITIONAL HYPERPARATHYROIDISM (BIG HEAD, BRAN DISEASE) | 468 | ||
| ANGULAR LIMB DEFORMITY | 468 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 469 | ||
| Chapter 43. Preventive Medicine | 470 | ||
| VACCINATION | 470 | ||
| BASIC EQUINE FEEDING GUIDELINES | 472 | ||
| INTERNAL PARASITES IN HORSES | 472 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 474 | ||
| Chapter 44. Reproductive Disorders | 475 | ||
| MARE REPRODUCTIVE DISORDERS | 475 | ||
| STALLION REPRODUCTIVE DISORDERS | 480 | ||
| BREEDING MANAGEMENT | 482 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 484 | ||
| Chapter 45. Respiratory Disorders | 485 | ||
| RESPIRATORY EXAMINATION | 485 | ||
| PREMATURITY AND DYSMATURITY | 486 | ||
| INFECTIOUS DISEASES | 487 | ||
| OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE IN HORSES | 490 | ||
| VETERINARIAN’S ROLE IN DISEASE OUTBREAKS | 492 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 492 | ||
| Chapter 46. Restraint | 493 | ||
| GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS | 493 | ||
| CATEGORIES OF RESTRAINT (CAN BE USED ALONE OR TOGETHER) | 493 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 494 | ||
| Chapter 47. Surgery | 495 | ||
| UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT DISORDERS | 495 | ||
| GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT DISORDERS | 499 | ||
| DISORDERS OF THE SKIN | 514 | ||
| MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM | 517 | ||
| URINARY SYSTEM | 532 | ||
| REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM | 534 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 538 | ||
| Chapter 48. Urinary Disorders | 539 | ||
| ACUTE RENAL FAILURE | 539 | ||
| ACUTE TUBULAR NEPHROSIS | 539 | ||
| CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE | 540 | ||
| TUBULOINTERSTITIAL DISEASE | 540 | ||
| PYELONEPHRITIS | 540 | ||
| LOWER URINARY TRACT DISORDERS | 541 | ||
| SECTION IV: FOOD ANIMAL | 543 | ||
| Chapter 49. Bovine Medicine and Management | 543 | ||
| HUSBANDRY | 543 | ||
| MANAGEMENT | 544 | ||
| PRODUCTION MEDICINE SKILLS | 546 | ||
| SURGICAL TECHNIQUES | 547 | ||
| ANESTHESIA | 548 | ||
| MASTITIS | 549 | ||
| MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM DISEASE | 550 | ||
| REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE | 552 | ||
| GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM DISEASE | 554 | ||
| CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM DISEASE | 559 | ||
| RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DISEASE | 559 | ||
| HEMATOLOGIC SYSTEM DISEASE | 562 | ||
| HEPATOBILIARY DISEASE | 563 | ||
| INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM DISEASE | 564 | ||
| NEUROLOGIC SYSTEM DISEASE | 564 | ||
| OPHTHALMIC DISEASE | 567 | ||
| URINARY SYSTEM DISEASE | 567 | ||
| OTHER DISEASES: ANTHRAX | 568 | ||
| FOREIGN ANIMAL DISEASE | 568 | ||
| Suggested Reading | 569 | ||
| Chapter 50. Camelid Medicine and Management | 570 | ||
| GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT CAMELIDS | 570 | ||
| VITALS AND TERMS | 570 | ||
| PHYSICAL RESTRAINT | 570 | ||
| NUTRITION | 570 | ||
| UNIQUE ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY | 571 | ||
| VACCINATION | 571 | ||
| INTERNAL PARASITES | 571 | ||
| INFECTIOUS DISEASE OF CAMELIDS | 572 | ||
| OTHER COMMON CONDITIONS | 572 | ||
| CAMELID DIGESTIVE DISORDERS | 573 | ||
| INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM | 574 | ||
| RESPIRATORY SYSTEM | 575 | ||
| REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM | 575 | ||
| REPRODUCTIVE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS | 575 | ||
| COMMON CONGENITAL CONDITIONS | 576 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 576 | ||
| Chapter 51. Ovine/Caprine Medicine and Management | 577 | ||
| HUSBANDRY | 577 | ||
| RESTRAINT AND HANDLING | 578 | ||
| MEDICAL DISORDERS | 579 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 591 | ||
| Chapter 52. Swine Medicine and Management | 592 | ||
| HERD MANAGEMENT | 592 | ||
| GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES | 593 | ||
| RESPIRATORY DISEASES | 595 | ||
| NEUROLOGIC AND LOCOMOTOR DISEASE | 596 | ||
| SKIN DISEASE | 597 | ||
| REPRODUCTIVE DISEASES | 597 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 598 | ||
| Chapter 53. Poultry Medicine and Management | 599 | ||
| GENERAL INFORMATION | 599 | ||
| POULTRY RESTRAINT | 599 | ||
| HUSBANDRY | 599 | ||
| POULTRY MANAGEMENT | 600 | ||
| COMMON POULTRY DISEASES | 601 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 609 | ||
| SECTION V: EXOTICS | 611 | ||
| Chapter 54. Pet Birds | 611 | ||
| TYPES OF BIRDS | 611 | ||
| ORIGIN | 611 | ||
| HUSBANDRY | 611 | ||
| CLINICAL CONSIDERATIONS | 611 | ||
| ORGAN SYSTEMS | 615 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 624 | ||
| Chapter 55. Ferrets | 625 | ||
| RESTRAINT | 625 | ||
| DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUES | 625 | ||
| INFECTIOUS DISEASES | 626 | ||
| HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM | 626 | ||
| NEOPLASIA | 626 | ||
| DERMATOLOGIC DISEASES | 627 | ||
| CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES | 627 | ||
| GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM | 627 | ||
| REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM | 628 | ||
| URINARY SYSTEM | 628 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 628 | ||
| Chapter 56. Rabbits | 629 | ||
| BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS | 629 | ||
| MANAGEMENT | 629 | ||
| CLINICAL TECHNIQUES | 629 | ||
| DERMATOLOGIC PROBLEMS | 630 | ||
| RESPIRATORY DISEASE | 631 | ||
| GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES | 632 | ||
| UROGENITAL AND REPRODUCTIVE DISEASES | 633 | ||
| NEUROMUSCULAR AND SKELETAL DISEASES | 634 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 635 | ||
| Chapter 57. Rodents | 636 | ||
| HUSBANDRY | 636 | ||
| ROUTINE PROCEDURES | 636 | ||
| DISEASES OF MICE | 636 | ||
| DISEASES OF RATS | 637 | ||
| DISEASES OF HAMSTERS | 638 | ||
| DISEASES OF GERBILS | 639 | ||
| DISEASES OF CHINCHILLAS | 639 | ||
| DISEASES OF GUINEA PIGS | 640 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 641 | ||
| Chapter 58. Reptiles | 642 | ||
| GENERAL INFORMATION | 642 | ||
| ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY | 642 | ||
| HUSBANDRY | 643 | ||
| EXAMINATION AND TECHNIQUES | 643 | ||
| DISEASES OF REPTILES | 644 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 647 | ||
| Chapter 59. Zoo Animals | 648 | ||
| AQUARIUM FISH | 648 | ||
| MARINE MAMMALS | 649 | ||
| PRIMATES | 657 | ||
| DISEASES COMMON TO MULTIPLE SPECIES | 659 | ||
| Supplemental Reading | 670 | ||
| Index | 671 |