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Common Diseases of Companion Animals - E-Book

Common Diseases of Companion Animals - E-Book

Alleice Summers

(2007)

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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
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