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Advances and Updates in Internal Medicine, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics: Exotic Animal Practice - E-Book
(2010)
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Abstract
A current review of important internal medicine topics for the exotic animal practitioner! Articles will review metabolic bone disease, avian hepatic disorders, avian female reproductive disorders, proventricular dilatation disease, avian renal disorders, ferret neoplasia, amphibian internal disorders, koi reproductive disorders, thyroid tumors and lymphadenopathies in guinea pigs, reproductive reptilian disorders, disseminated idiopathic myositis in ferrets, gastric stasis in rabbits, and much more!
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front Cover | Cover | ||
| Contributors | iii | ||
| Contents | vii | ||
| FORTHCOMING ISSUES | xi | ||
| RECENT ISSUES | xi | ||
| Preface | xiii | ||
| Chapter 1. Diagnostic Techniques and Treatments for Internal Disorders of Koi (Cyprinus carpio) | 333 | ||
| DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES | 334 | ||
| COMMON INTERNAL DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT | 340 | ||
| SUMMARY | 345 | ||
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 346 | ||
| REFERENCES | 346 | ||
| Chapter 2. Updates and Practical Approaches to Reproductive Disorders in Reptiles | 349 | ||
| CHELONIANS | 349 | ||
| LIZARDS | 358 | ||
| SNAKES | 365 | ||
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 370 | ||
| REFERENCES | 370 | ||
| Chapter 3. A Fresh Look at Metabolic Bone Diseases in Reptiles and Amphibians | 375 | ||
| CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS | 376 | ||
| TYPES OF METABOLIC BONE DISEASES | 379 | ||
| RAMIFICATIONS | 381 | ||
| DIAGNOSTICS | 381 | ||
| HUSBANDRY AND DIET FACTORS | 384 | ||
| TREATMENT | 389 | ||
| REFERENCES | 390 | ||
| Chapter 4. Avian Renal System: Clinical Implications | 393 | ||
| ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY | 393 | ||
| CLINICAL SIGNS | 395 | ||
| RENAL INJURY | 395 | ||
| DISEASES | 395 | ||
| INFECTIOUS CAUSES | 396 | ||
| NONINFECTIOUS CAUSES | 397 | ||
| DIAGNOSTICS | 402 | ||
| TREATMENT | 406 | ||
| TREATMENT OF GOUT/HYPERURICEMIA | 407 | ||
| SUMMARY | 408 | ||
| REFERENCES | 408 | ||
| Chapter 5. Advanced Diagnostic Approaches and Current Management of Avian Hepatic Disorders | 413 | ||
| GROSS ANATOMY OF THE AVIAN LIVER | 413 | ||
| FUNCTIONS OF THE LIVER | 414 | ||
| DIAGNOSING HEPATIC DYSFUNCTION IN THE AVIAN PATIENT | 415 | ||
| MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF HEPATIC DYSFUNCTION IN THE AVIAN PATIENT | 422 | ||
| SUMMARY | 424 | ||
| REFERENCES | 425 | ||
| Chapter 6. Management of Common Psittacine Reproductive Disorders in Clinical Practice | 429 | ||
| REVIEW OF FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE ANATOMY | 429 | ||
| FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE DISORDERS | 430 | ||
| REVIEW OF MALE REPRODUCTIVE ANATOMY | 436 | ||
| MALE REPRODUCTIVE DISORDERS | 437 | ||
| REFERENCES | 437 | ||
| Chapter 7. Advanced Diagnostic Approaches and Current Medical Management of Insulinomas and Adrenocortical Disease in Ferrets (Mustela putorius furo) | 439 | ||
| INSULINOMA | 439 | ||
| ADRENOCORTICAL NEOPLASIA | 443 | ||
| SUMMARY | 449 | ||
| REFERENCES | 449 | ||
| Chapter 8. Advanced Diagnostic Approaches and Current Management of Internal Disorders of Select Species (Rodents, Sugar Gliders, Hedgehogs) | 453 | ||
| PHYSICAL EXAMINATION | 454 | ||
| DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES | 455 | ||
| THERAPEUTICS | 466 | ||
| REFERENCES | 467 | ||
| Chapter 9. Advanced Diagnostic Approaches and Current Management of Proventricular Dilatation Disease | 471 | ||
| ETIOLOGY | 473 | ||
| PATHOLOGY | 474 | ||
| ANTEMORTEM DIAGNOSIS | 477 | ||
| CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF PDD | 484 | ||
| PREVENTION | 490 | ||
| SUMMARY | 490 | ||
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 491 | ||
| REFERENCES | 491 | ||
| Chapter 10. The Isolation, Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, Transmission, and Control of Avian Bornavirus and Proventricular Dilatation Disease | 495 | ||
| THE ISOLATION OF AVIAN BORNAVIRUS | 497 | ||
| THE PATHOGENESIS OF AVIAN BORNAVIRUS INFECTION | 498 | ||
| AVIAN BORNAVIRUS IN THE EYE | 499 | ||
| AUTOIMMUNITY | 499 | ||
| EXPERIMENTAL ABV DISEASE | 500 | ||
| DIAGNOSIS OF AVIAN BORNAVIRUS INFECTION | 501 | ||
| THE TRANSMISSION OF AVIAN BORNAVIRUS | 502 | ||
| ABV IN OTHER AVIAN SPECIES | 504 | ||
| CONTROL AND PREVENTION OF ABV INFECTION | 504 | ||
| SUMMARY | 506 | ||
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 506 | ||
| REFERENCES | 506 | ||
| Chapter 11. Advanced Diagnostic Approaches and Current Management of Thyroid Pathologies in Guinea Pigs | 509 | ||
| THE TYPICAL CLINICAL PRESENTATION | 510 | ||
| TYPICAL CLINICAL SIGNS | 510 | ||
| DIAGNOSIS | 511 | ||
| DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING | 511 | ||
| THERAPY | 515 | ||
| RECOMMENDED MONITORING | 519 | ||
| PROGNOSIS | 520 | ||
| HYPOTHYROIDISM IN THE GUINEA PIG | 520 | ||
| SUMMARY | 521 | ||
| REFERENCES | 521 | ||
| Chapter 12. Updates and Advanced Therapies for Gastrointestinal Stasis in Rabbits | 525 | ||
| UNDERSTANDING GASTROINTESTINAL STASIS IN RABBITS | 525 | ||
| INITIAL PRESENTATION AND EVALUATION: DECISION-MAKING | 526 | ||
| DIAGNOSTIC WORKUP FOR RABBITS WITH RGIS | 529 | ||
| FLUID ADMINISTRATION FOR RABBITS WITH RGIS | 531 | ||
| SPECIFIC THERAPY FOR TREATMENT OF DEHYDRATION AND CALCULATION OF MAINTENANCE FLUIDS | 537 | ||
| REFERENCES | 540 | ||
| Chapter 13. Ferret Coronavirus-Associated Diseases | 543 | ||
| FERRET EPIZOOTIC ENTERITIS | 543 | ||
| FERRET SYSTEMIC CORONAVIRUS–ASSOCIATED DISEASE | 544 | ||
| SUMMARY | 556 | ||
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 556 | ||
| REFERENCES | 556 | ||
| Chapter 14. Disseminated Idiopathic Myofasciitis in Ferrets | 561 | ||
| SIGNALMENT AND HISTORY | 562 | ||
| CLINICAL SIGNS | 562 | ||
| DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS | 564 | ||
| PATHOLOGIC FINDINGS | 564 | ||
| TREATMENT | 565 | ||
| POTENTIAL ETIOLOGIES | 571 | ||
| RECOMMENDATIONS | 572 | ||
| SUMMARY | 573 | ||
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 573 | ||
| REFERENCES | 573 | ||
| Index | 577 |