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Abstract
This concise, user-friendly volume is the only guide to common diseases of companion animals available and is a vital tool for the critical situations veterinary technicians encounter every day. It presents complete coverage of disease treatment in every kind of companion animal and gives you the thorough understanding of diseases you'll need for the most effective treatment planning, implementation, and client follow-up. Disease information is presented in a consistent monograph format for succinct, reliable reference, and the book's logical body systems approach makes it easy to find what you need when you need it!
- Body system approach utilizes a consistent "monograph" format so disease information is easy to locate on-demand.
- Tech Alerts emphasize key information especially relevant to vet techs.
- Detailed photographs and illustrations help you visually identify diseases and conditions.
- Contributions from experienced veterinary technology educators provide valuable real-world perspective.
- Focus expanded from dogs and cats to cover all companion animals you may encounter in practice, including diseases of horses, small ruminants, pocket pets, birds, and reptiles.
- Full-color plates enhance understanding of visual conditions in areas such as pathology and dermatology.
- Review questions in each chapter reinforce concepts for more efficient study.
Table of Contents
Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
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Front Cover | Cover | ||
Common Diseases of Companion Animals | iii | ||
Copyright Page | iv | ||
Dedication | v | ||
Contributor | vii | ||
Preface | ix | ||
Acknowledgments | xi | ||
Contents | xiii | ||
Introduction: The Body Defense Systems—The Body’s Response to Disease | 1 | ||
IMMUNITY | 1 | ||
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE SYSTEM DOES NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY? | 5 | ||
Section I: Dogs and Cats | 7 | ||
Chapter 1. Diseases of the Cardiovascular System | 9 | ||
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY | 9 | ||
CARDIOMYOPATHIES | 12 | ||
CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE | 16 | ||
ACQUIRED VALVULAR DISEASES | 25 | ||
CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS | 26 | ||
HEARTWORM DISEASE | 33 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 36 | ||
Chapter 2. Diseases of the Digestive System | 38 | ||
ORAL DISEASES | 38 | ||
ESOPHAGEAL DISEASE | 46 | ||
DISEASES OF THE STOMACH | 48 | ||
DISEASES OF THE SMALL INTESTINE | 56 | ||
DISEASES OF THE LARGE BOWEL | 67 | ||
LIVER DISEASE | 72 | ||
PANCREATIC DYSFUNCTION (EXOCRINE) | 85 | ||
RECTOANAL DISEASE | 89 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 91 | ||
Chapter 3. Diseases of the Endocrine System | 93 | ||
THYROID GLAND | 93 | ||
PANCREAS | 98 | ||
ADRENAL GLANDS | 103 | ||
PARATHYROID DISEASE | 108 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 112 | ||
Chapter 4. Diseases of the Eye | 114 | ||
DISEASES OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES | 114 | ||
EYELID DISEASES | 120 | ||
DISEASES OF THE EYE | 124 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 133 | ||
Chapter 5. Hematologic and Immunologic Diseases | 135 | ||
ERYTHROCYTE DISORDERS | 135 | ||
LYMPHOMA | 142 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 148 | ||
Chapter 6. Diseases of the Integumentary System | 150 | ||
ECTOPARASITES | 152 | ||
SUPERFICIAL DERMATOMYCOSES (FUNGAL INFECTIONS) | 165 | ||
PYODERMAS | 167 | ||
ANAL GLANDS | 172 | ||
TUMORS OF THE SKIN | 173 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 181 | ||
Chapter 7. Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System | 183 | ||
LONG-BONE FRACTURES | 183 | ||
CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY | 186 | ||
PATELLAR LUXATIONS | 189 | ||
HIP DYSPLASIA | 191 | ||
LEGG–CALVE–PERTHES DISEASE (AVASCULAR NECROSIS) | 194 | ||
OSTEOCHONDROSIS DISSECANS | 195 | ||
PANOSTEITIS (ENDOSTEOSIS, EOSINOPHILIC PANOSTEITIS) | 197 | ||
LUXATIONS | 198 | ||
MYOPATHIES | 198 | ||
TUMORS OF BONE | 200 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 201 | ||
Chapter 8. Diseases of the Nervous System | 203 | ||
BRAIN | 203 | ||
SPINAL CORD | 208 | ||
PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM | 219 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 226 | ||
Chapter 9. Pansystemic Diseases | 228 | ||
FELINE PANLEUKOPENIA (FELINE DISTEMPER) | 228 | ||
FELINE INFECTIOUS PERITONITIS | 229 | ||
FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS | 231 | ||
FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS | 233 | ||
TOXOPLASMOSIS | 235 | ||
RABIES (FELINE AND CANINE) | 237 | ||
CANINE DISTEMPER | 238 | ||
CANINE PARVOVIRUS | 240 | ||
RICKETTSIOSES | 242 | ||
LYME DISEASE (BORRELIOSIS) | 247 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 248 | ||
Chapter 10. Diseases of the Reproductive System | 250 | ||
FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE DISEASE | 250 | ||
PROSTATIC DISEASES | 256 | ||
NEOPLASIA OF THE GENITAL SYSTEM AND THE MAMMARY GLANDS | 259 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 262 | ||
Chapter 11. Diseases of the Respiratory System | 264 | ||
DISEASES OF THE UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT | 264 | ||
DISEASES OF THE LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT | 268 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 291 | ||
Chapter 12. Diseases of the Urinary System | 293 | ||
CYSTITIS | 293 | ||
FELINE UROLITHS AND URETHRAL PLUGS | 299 | ||
UROLITHIASIS (CANINE) | 304 | ||
RENAL FAILURE | 307 | ||
URINARY INCONTINENCE | 314 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 316 | ||
Section II: Ferrets, Rodents, and Rabbits | 319 | ||
Chapter 13. Overview of Ferrets, Rodents, and Rabbits | 321 | ||
THE FERRET | 321 | ||
RODENTS | 324 | ||
THE RABBIT | 327 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 329 | ||
Chapter 14. Diseases of the Cardiovascular System | 332 | ||
THE FERRET | 332 | ||
RODENTS | 336 | ||
THE RABBIT | 336 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 337 | ||
Chapter 15. Diseases of the Digestive System | 339 | ||
THE FERRET | 339 | ||
RODENTS | 342 | ||
THE RABBIT | 345 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 353 | ||
Chapter 16. Diseases of the Endocrine System | 355 | ||
THE FERRET | 355 | ||
RODENTS | 358 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 359 | ||
Chapter 17. Diseases of the Eye | 360 | ||
THE FERRET | 360 | ||
RODENTS | 361 | ||
THE RABBIT | 363 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 365 | ||
Chapter 18. Hematologic and Immunologic Diseases | 366 | ||
THE FERRET | 366 | ||
RODENTS | 367 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 368 | ||
Chapter 19. Diseases of the Integumentary System | 369 | ||
THE FERRET | 369 | ||
RODENTS | 371 | ||
THE RABBIT | 373 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 380 | ||
Chapter 20. Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System | 382 | ||
THE FERRET | 382 | ||
RODENTS | 382 | ||
THE RABBIT | 382 | ||
REVIEW QUESTION | 385 | ||
Chapter 21. Diseases of the Nervous System | 386 | ||
THE FERRET | 386 | ||
RODENTS | 387 | ||
THE RABBIT | 387 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 389 | ||
Chapter 22. Diseases of the Reproductive System | 391 | ||
THE FERRET | 391 | ||
RODENTS | 393 | ||
THE RABBIT | 395 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 399 | ||
Chapter 23. Diseases of the Respiratory System | 400 | ||
THE FERRET | 400 | ||
RODENTS | 403 | ||
THE RABBIT | 406 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 408 | ||
Chapter 24. Diseases of the Urinary System | 409 | ||
THE FERRET | 409 | ||
RODENTS | 411 | ||
THE RABBIT | 413 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 416 | ||
Section III: Birds | 417 | ||
Chapter 25. Overview of the Bird as a Patient | 419 | ||
HUSBANDRY | 419 | ||
ADVICE TO CLIENTS WISHING TO PURCHASE A BIRD | 421 | ||
ANATOMY OF THE AVIAN PATIENT | 421 | ||
Chapter 26. Diseases of the Cardiovascular System | 425 | ||
HEART DISEASE (GENERAL) | 425 | ||
HEMORRHAGE | 426 | ||
PERICARDITIS/MYOCARDITIS | 427 | ||
ARTERITIS | 427 | ||
ANEMIA | 427 | ||
ACUTE DEATH RELATED TO STRESS | 427 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 427 | ||
Chapter 27. Diseases of the Digestive System | 429 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 441 | ||
Chapter 28. Diseases of the Endocrine System | 443 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 446 | ||
Chapter 29. Diseases of the Eye and Ear | 448 | ||
THE EYE | 448 | ||
THE EAR | 451 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 452 | ||
Chapter 30. Hematologic and Immunologic Diseases | 453 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 456 | ||
Chapter 31. Diseases of the Integumentary System | 458 | ||
DISEASES THAT INVOLVE THE FEATHERS | 458 | ||
SKIN ABNORMALITIES | 460 | ||
VIRAL SKIN CONDITIONS | 462 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 465 | ||
Chapter 32. Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System | 467 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 470 | ||
Chapter 33. Diseases of the Nervous System | 471 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 474 | ||
Chapter 34. Pansystemic Diseases | 475 | ||
VIRAL DISEASES | 475 | ||
FUNGAL DISEASES | 478 | ||
BACTERIAL DISEASES | 481 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 484 | ||
Chapter 35. Diseases of the Respiratory System | 486 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 489 | ||
36 Diseases of the Urogenital System | 491 | ||
RENAL DISEASE | 491 | ||
REPRODUCTIVE DISEASE | 493 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 497 | ||
Section IV: Snakes, Iguanas, and Turtles | 499 | ||
Chapter 37. Overview of Reptiles as Pets | 501 | ||
OBTAINING A NEW REPTILE | 501 | ||
GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS | 502 | ||
DIET | 502 | ||
WATER | 503 | ||
REPTILE ZOONOSES | 503 | ||
SNAKES | 504 | ||
IGUANAS | 505 | ||
TURTLES | 509 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 513 | ||
Chapter 38. Diseases of the Cardiovascular System | 514 | ||
SNAKES | 514 | ||
TURTLES | 516 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 516 | ||
Chapter 39. Diseases of the Digestive System | 517 | ||
SNAKES | 517 | ||
IGUANAS | 523 | ||
TURTLES | 528 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 535 | ||
Chapter 40. Diseases of the Endocrine System | 536 | ||
SNAKES | 536 | ||
IGUANAS | 536 | ||
TURTLES | 537 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 538 | ||
Chapter 41. Diseases of the Special Senses | 539 | ||
SNAKES | 539 | ||
IGUANAS | 541 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 542 | ||
Chapter 42. Diseases of the Integumentary System | 544 | ||
SNAKES | 544 | ||
TURTLES | 556 | ||
REVIEW QUESTION | 559 | ||
Chapter 43. Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System | 560 | ||
SNAKES | 560 | ||
IGUANAS | 561 | ||
TURTLES | 565 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 566 | ||
Chapter 44. Diseases of the Nervous System | 567 | ||
SNAKES | 567 | ||
TURTLES | 569 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 572 | ||
Chapter 45. Diseases of the Reproductive System | 574 | ||
SNAKES | 574 | ||
IGUANAS | 576 | ||
TURTLES | 579 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 580 | ||
Chapter 46. Diseases of the Respiratory System | 582 | ||
SNAKES | 582 | ||
IGUANAS | 583 | ||
TURTLES | 585 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 587 | ||
Chapter 47. Diseases of the Urinary System | 588 | ||
SNAKES | 588 | ||
IGUANAS | 589 | ||
TURTLES | 590 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 592 | ||
Section V: Horses | 595 | ||
Chapter 48. Diseases of the Cardiovascular System | 597 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 600 | ||
Chapter 49. Diseases of the Digestive System | 602 | ||
NORMAL DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ANATOMY | 602 | ||
DENTAL CONSIDERATIONS: UNEVEN TOOTH WEAR | 603 | ||
CHOKE | 605 | ||
GASTRIC ULCERS | 607 | ||
COLIC | 608 | ||
GASTROINTESTINAL PARASITISM | 611 | ||
DIARRHEA | 614 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 617 | ||
Chapter 50. Diseases of the Endocrine System | 618 | ||
EQUINE CUSHING’S SYNDROME | 618 | ||
HYPOTHYROIDISM | 619 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 620 | ||
Chapter 51. Diseases of the Eye | 621 | ||
ENTROPION | 621 | ||
SARCOID | 622 | ||
SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA | 622 | ||
CONJUNCTIVITIS | 622 | ||
CORNEAL ULCERS | 622 | ||
MOON BLINDNESS (PERIODIC OPHTHALMIA, RECURRENT UVEITIS) | 623 | ||
CATARACTS | 623 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 624 | ||
Chapter 52. Hematologic Diseases | 625 | ||
EQUINE INFECTIOUS ANEMIA | 625 | ||
RED MAPLE TOXICOSIS | 626 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 626 | ||
Chapter 53. Diseases of the Integumentary System | 627 | ||
INSECT HYPERSENSITIVITY | 627 | ||
FLY BITE DERMATITIS | 628 | ||
LICE (PEDICULOSIS) | 629 | ||
MITES | 629 | ||
TICKS | 630 | ||
ONCHOCERCIASIS | 630 | ||
RAIN SCALD, RAIN ROT | 631 | ||
RINGWORM | 632 | ||
SARCOIDS | 632 | ||
PROUD FLESH | 633 | ||
WARTS (PAPILLOMATOSIS) | 633 | ||
WOUNDS | 634 | ||
REVIEW QUESTION | 634 | ||
Chapter 54. Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System | 635 | ||
SUBSOLAR BRUISING (“CORNS”) | 635 | ||
HOOF ABSCESSES | 636 | ||
NAVICULAR SYNDROME | 636 | ||
THRUSH | 637 | ||
SIDE BONE (CALCIFICATION OF LATERAL CARTILAGES) | 638 | ||
PASTERN CHIP FRACTURES | 638 | ||
PROXIMAL SESAMOID FRACTURE | 638 | ||
SESMOIDITIS | 639 | ||
BUCKED SHINS | 640 | ||
SPLINTS | 640 | ||
FRACTURE OF THE SPLINT BONES | 641 | ||
SUSPENSORY LIGAMENT DESMITIS | 641 | ||
BOWED TENDON | 642 | ||
INFECTIOUS TENOSYNOVITIS | 643 | ||
LAMINITIS | 643 | ||
SWEENEY | 644 | ||
BOG SPAVIN | 645 | ||
BONE (JACK) SPAVIN | 645 | ||
UPWARD FIXATION OF PATELLA | 646 | ||
RHABDOMYOLYSIS | 646 | ||
NUTRITIONAL SECONDARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM | 647 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 648 | ||
Chapter 55. Diseases of the Nervous System | 649 | ||
RABIES | 649 | ||
NARCOLEPSY | 650 | ||
WOBBLER’S SYNDROME | 651 | ||
EQUINE PROTOZOAL MYELOENCEPHALITIS | 652 | ||
TETANUS | 653 | ||
SLEEPING SICKNESS | 654 | ||
WEST NILE ENCEPHALITIS | 654 | ||
HYPERKALEMIC PERIODIC PARALYSIS | 655 | ||
REVIEW QUESTION | 655 | ||
Chapter 56. Diseases of the Reproductive System | 656 | ||
BACTERIAL ABORTIONS | 656 | ||
VIRAL ABORTIONS | 656 | ||
CONTAGIOUS EQUINE METRITIS | 657 | ||
DYSTOCIAS | 657 | ||
ENDOMETRITIS | 658 | ||
RETAINED PLACENTAS | 659 | ||
OVARIAN CELL TUMORS | 660 | ||
RUPTURE OF THE UTERINE ARTERY | 660 | ||
UTERINE PROLAPSE | 661 | ||
RECTAL TEARS | 661 | ||
CRYPTORCHIDISM | 662 | ||
PENILE TUMORS | 662 | ||
PENILE PARALYSIS | 663 | ||
FESCUE TOXICOSIS | 663 | ||
REVIEW QUESTION | 664 | ||
Chapter 57. Diseases That Affect the Neonate | 665 | ||
FAILURE OF PASSIVE TRANSFER | 665 | ||
NEONATAL ISOERYTHROLYSIS | 665 | ||
COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME | 666 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 667 | ||
Chapter 58. Diseases of the Respiratory System | 668 | ||
EPIGLOTTIC ENTRAPMENT | 668 | ||
EPISTAXIS | 668 | ||
LEFT LARYNGEAL HEMIPLEGIA | 669 | ||
SOFT PALATE DISLOCATION | 669 | ||
PRIMARY SINUSITIS | 670 | ||
SECONDARY SINUSITIS | 670 | ||
STRANGLES | 671 | ||
GUTTURAL POUCH EMPYEMA | 672 | ||
GUTTURAL POUCH MYCOSIS | 672 | ||
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (HEAVES) | 673 | ||
EXERCISE-INDUCED PULMONARY HEMORRHAGE | 674 | ||
FOAL PNEUMONIA | 674 | ||
EQUINE INFLUENZA | 675 | ||
EQUINE VIRAL RHINOPNEUMONITIS | 675 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 676 | ||
Chapter 59. Diseases of the Urinary System | 677 | ||
CYSTITIS | 677 | ||
URINARY BLADDER PROLAPSE | 678 | ||
PYELONEPHRITIS | 678 | ||
URINARY BLADDER RUPTURE | 679 | ||
INCONTINENCE | 679 | ||
UROLITHIASIS (STONE) | 680 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 680 | ||
Section VI: Sheep and Goats | 683 | ||
Chapter 60. Sheep and Goat Husbandry | 685 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 686 | ||
Chapter 61. Diseases of the Digestive System | 687 | ||
BLOAT | 687 | ||
RUMEN ACIDOSIS | 688 | ||
DIARRHEA | 689 | ||
COCCIDIOSIS | 692 | ||
NEMATODE INFESTATION | 693 | ||
PREGNANCY TOXEMIA/FATTY LIVER SYNDROME | 694 | ||
COPPER TOXICOSIS | 694 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 695 | ||
Chapter 62. Diseases of the Endocrine System | 697 | ||
GOITER | 697 | ||
NUTRITIONAL SECONDARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM | 697 | ||
INAPPROPRIATE LACTATION SYNDROME | 698 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 698 | ||
Chapter 63. Diseases of the Eye | 700 | ||
ENTROPION | 700 | ||
INFECTIOUS CONJUNCTIVITIS (PINKEYE) | 700 | ||
CATARACTS | 701 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 701 | ||
Chapter 64. Hematologic and Lymphatic Diseases | 702 | ||
CASEOUS LYMPHADENITIS | 702 | ||
MALIGNANT EDEMA | 703 | ||
BLACKLEG | 704 | ||
RED WATER DISEASE | 705 | ||
REVIEW QUESTION | 705 | ||
Chapter 65. Diseases of the Integumentary System | 706 | ||
CONTAGIOUS ECTHYMA (SORE MOUTH, ORF) | 706 | ||
DERMATOPHILOSIS | 707 | ||
RINGWORM | 707 | ||
LICE (PEDICULOSIS) | 708 | ||
MANGE MITES | 709 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 709 | ||
Chapter 66. Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System | 710 | ||
INFECTIOUS FOOTROT | 710 | ||
LAMINITIS | 712 | ||
SEPTIC ARTHRITIS | 712 | ||
CAPRINE ARTHRITIS ENCEPHALITIS | 713 | ||
NUTRITIONAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY (WHITE MUSCLE DISEASE) | 714 | ||
RICKETS AND OSTEOMALACIA | 714 | ||
ERGOT TOXICOSIS | 715 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 715 | ||
Chapter 67. Diseases of the Nervous System | 717 | ||
SCRAPIE | 717 | ||
RABIES | 717 | ||
LISTERIOSIS | 718 | ||
MENINGEAL WORM | 719 | ||
TETANUS | 720 | ||
POLIOENCEPHALOMALACIA | 720 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 721 | ||
Chapter 68. Diseases of the Reproductive System | 722 | ||
DYSTOCIAS | 722 | ||
VAGINAL AND UTERINE PROLAPSES | 722 | ||
CHLAMYDIA | 723 | ||
BRUCELLOSIS | 724 | ||
MASTITIS | 724 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 725 | ||
Chapter 69. Diseases of the Respiratory System | 726 | ||
OESTRUS OVIS INFESTATION | 726 | ||
SINUSITIS | 726 | ||
PASTEURELLOSIS | 727 | ||
PARAINFLUENZA TYPE 3 | 728 | ||
CONTAGIOUS CAPRINE PLEUROPNEUMONIA | 728 | ||
OVINE PROGRESSIVE PNEUMONIA | 729 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 729 | ||
Chapater 70. Diseases of the Urinary System | 730 | ||
UROLITHIASIS (STONES) | 730 | ||
REVIEW QUESTIONS | 731 | ||
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 733 | ||
REVIEW ANSWERS | 737 | ||
Color Plates 1-10 | A-272 | ||
Color Plates 11-17 | A-368 | ||
Color Plates 18-25 | A-528 | ||
Color Plates 26-33 | A-656 | ||
INDEX | 745 |