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Abstract
Enter every examining room with confidence! Mosbyās Veterinary PDQ, 3rd Edition is the pocket-sized reference that provides you with quick access to hundreds of veterinary medicine facts, formulas, lab values, and procedures. Ideal for the clinical setting, coverage includes key topics such as pharmacology, math, animal care, common diseases, diagnostic procedures, imaging techniques, parasite identification, urinalysis, blood tests, and other lab work. This full-color new edition is divided into 10 easy-to-use sections, to help you quickly find what you need to deliver safe and efficient veterinary care.
- Valuable formulas, conversions, and lab values make it easy to look up the data needed to deliver safe and effective veterinary care.
- Full-color photos and line drawings illustrate procedures and tests, dental and surgical instruments, parasites, and urine and blood analysis.
- Quick-access format is organized into 10 tabbed, color-coded sections, and makes it easy to find facts quickly.
- Easily fits in the busy vet techās pocket, for ease of access and formatted to find facts quickly.
- Easy-to-read charts and tables provide quick access to key information that youāll commonly use but rarely memorize.
- Spiral binding allows you to lay the book flat or keep it open to a page for quick reference.
- NEW! Current drug information covers the newest pharmacologic agents, ensuring that you are up to date with uses, adverse side effects, and dosage forms.
- NEW! Information on dental imaging and breathing circuits keeps you up to date on the latest techniques and equipment.
- NEW! Coverage of the latest testing kits keeps you up-to-date on available products.
- UPDATED! Information on anesthesia monitoring provides the most up-to-date information on this important topic.
- NEW! Updated images prepare you to perform routine procedures.
Table of Contents
Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
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Front Cover | cover | ||
Mosby's Veterinary PDQ | i | ||
Copyright Page | ii | ||
Pharmacology and Math | 1 | ||
Commonly Used Medical Prescription Abbreviations7 | 2 | ||
Requirements of Prescriptions7 | 3 | ||
Common Medications | 4 | ||
Antiparasitics37 | 10 | ||
Medical Math | 63 | ||
Animal Care | 67 | ||
Anatomical Planes of Reference14,35 | 67 | ||
Physical Examination Procedures52 | 68 | ||
Pupillary Light Reflex61 | 70 | ||
Description of Heart Murmurs39 | 71 | ||
Location | 71 | ||
Timing | 72 | ||
Duration | 72 | ||
Character | 72 | ||
Grade | 72 | ||
Body Condition Scoring System14 | 74 | ||
Mucous Membrane Color5 | 80 | ||
Common Vaccinations for Dogs and Cats | 81 | ||
Nail Trimming52 | 97 | ||
Expressing Anal Sacs3 | 99 | ||
Ear Cleaning37,52 | 100 | ||
Materials | 100 | ||
Procedure | 100 | ||
Age Equivalences | 101 | ||
Procedures | 103 | ||
Diagnostic and Treatment Techniques | 104 | ||
Administering Otic and Ophthalmic Medications50 | 104 | ||
Injection Techniques38 | 105 | ||
Subcutaneous Injection Technique57 | 106 | ||
Intramuscular Injection Technique57 | 107 | ||
Intradermal Injection Technique | 108 | ||
Venipuncture57 | 109 | ||
Jugular Blood Collection Procedure57 | 109 | ||
Cephalic Blood Collection Procedure57 | 111 | ||
Lateral Saphenous Blood Collection57 | 113 | ||
Medial Saphenous Blood Collection Procedure57 | 114 | ||
Bandaging | 116 | ||
Cast Application45 | 116 | ||
Robert Jones Bandage42 | 117 | ||
Abdomen and Chest Bandage37 | 118 | ||
Pressure Bandage37 | 119 | ||
Emergency Supplies21 | 123 | ||
Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage37,54 | 124 | ||
Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage | 124 | ||
Materials | 124 | ||
Procedure | 124 | ||
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation5,37 | 125 | ||
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (Cpr) Procedure | 125 | ||
CPR4 | 126 | ||
Intravenous Catheterization | 127 | ||
Cephalic Catheter Placement59 | 129 | ||
Jugular Catheter Placement2 | 130 | ||
Fluid Therapy | 130 | ||
Calculation of Fluid Requirements38 | 130 | ||
Monitoring Fluid Therapy | 132 | ||
Central Venous Pressure54 | 133 | ||
Tonometry44 | 133 | ||
Schirmer Tear Test33 | 134 | ||
Fluorescein Dye Test33 | 135 | ||
Diagnostic Imaging54 | 137 | ||
Technique Chart37 | 138 | ||
Troubleshooting Image Quality Errors37A | 139 | ||
Increased Film Density | 139 | ||
Decreased Film Density | 139 | ||
Black Marks or Artifacts | 139 | ||
White Marks (Artifacts) | 140 | ||
Gray Film | 140 | ||
Distorted or Blurred Radiograph | 140 | ||
Linear Artifacts | 140 | ||
Increased Film Density | 140 | ||
Decreased Film Density | 140 | ||
Fogged Films | 140 | ||
Yellow Radiograph | 141 | ||
White Spots | 141 | ||
Black Spots | 141 | ||
Brittle Radiographs | 141 | ||
Miscellaneous Mistakes | 141 | ||
Dentistry | 149 | ||
Dental Formulas for Cats and Dogs52 | 149 | ||
Cats | 149 | ||
Dogs | 149 | ||
Normal Dentition29 | 150 | ||
Dental Terminology52 | 151 | ||
Dental Abnormalities | 151 | ||
Dental Directional Terms | 152 | ||
Directional Terms Used in Dentistry9 | 153 | ||
Tooth Mobility37 | 154 | ||
Classification of Tooth Furcation Exposure37 | 154 | ||
Common Dental Abbreviations and Symbols for Charting the Mouth52 | 155 | ||
Charting62 | 156 | ||
Numbering Teeth | 156 | ||
Dental Instruments44 | 158 | ||
Dental Imaging23 | 161 | ||
SRX/Anesth Nursing | 163 | ||
Anesthesia Machines29 | 164 | ||
Breathing Circuits | 164 | ||
Non-Rebreathing Circuits3,59 | 164 | ||
Rebreathing Circuits59 | 166 | ||
Rebreathing Bag Sizes11 | 166 | ||
Guidelines for Selecting a Bag61 | 166 | ||
Performing Anesthetic Machine Check11 | 167 | ||
Oxygen Flow Rate Values11,61 | 168 | ||
Endotracheal Tubes59 | 171 | ||
Capnography | 173 | ||
Pulse Oximetry61 | 176 | ||
Blood Pressure Monitoring32,61 | 177 | ||
Electrocardiography | 178 | ||
Normal Canine P-QRS-T Complex19 | 179 | ||
Assessing Anesthetic Depth | 185 | ||
Surgical Instruments44,59 | 187 | ||
Patient Preparation11 | 203 | ||
Pain Evaluation37 | 208 | ||
Numeric Pain Scale61 | 210 | ||
Urinalysis | 211 | ||
Catheter Sizes21A | 211 | ||
Routine Urinalysis Procedure51 | 212 | ||
Urine Sediment Examination | 214 | ||
Cells | 215 | ||
Red and White Blood Cells54,62 | 215 | ||
Epithelial Cells48 | 216 | ||
Casts | 217 | ||
Hyaline Cast12 | 217 | ||
Granular Casts49 | 218 | ||
Cellular Casts16,49 | 219 | ||
Crystals | 220 | ||
Struvite Crystals51 | 220 | ||
Calcium Oxalate Crystals38 | 220 | ||
Uric Acid Crystals49 | 221 | ||
Amorphous Phosphate Crystals49 | 221 | ||
Cystine Crystals10 | 222 | ||
Bilirubin Crystals49 | 223 | ||
Sulfa Crystals49 | 223 | ||
Pearsonema Ova47 | 224 | ||
Hematology and Serology | 225 | ||
Hematology and Hemostasis | 225 | ||
Anticoagulants51 | 227 | ||
RBC Morphology | 228 | ||
Size51 | 228 | ||
Shape25,51,54,63 | 228 | ||
Color | 232 | ||
Other Abnormalities25 | 233 | ||
Mycoplasma28,51 | 235 | ||
Reticulocytes37 | 236 | ||
Reticulocyte Count37 | 236 | ||
WBC Morphology18,26,31,51 | 237 | ||
Corrected WBC Count51 | 245 | ||
Platelet Estimate Methods51 | 245 | ||
Buccal Mucosal Bleeding Time52 | 246 | ||
Materials | 246 | ||
Procedure20 | 246 | ||
Clinical Chemistry and Immunology | 247 | ||
Blood Chemistry Tests62 | 247 | ||
Liver Function Tests | 247 | ||
Kidney Function Tests | 248 | ||
Pancreatic Function Tests | 248 | ||
Endocrine Function | 248 | ||
Exocrine Function | 248 | ||
Tests for Muscle Disease | 248 | ||
Digestive Tract Tests | 248 | ||
Endocrine Function Tests | 249 | ||
Parathyroid Gland | 249 | ||
Thyroid Gland | 249 | ||
Adrenal Cortex Function Tests | 249 | ||
Electrolytes | 249 | ||
Minerals | 249 | ||
Parasitology | 253 | ||
Fecal Flotation Procedure51 | 253 | ||
Procedure | 253 | ||
Centrifugal Flotation Procedure51 | 254 | ||
Materials | 254 | ||
Procedure | 254 | ||
Fecal Sedimentation Procedure51 | 255 | ||
Materials | 255 | ||
Procedure | 255 | ||
Modified Knottās Technique51 | 256 | ||
Materials | 256 | ||
Procedure | 256 | ||
Common Internal Parasites | 257 | ||
Dirofilaria immitis3 | 257 | ||
Dirofilaria immitis27 | 257 | ||
Ancylostoma caninum8 | 258 | ||
Trichuris vulpis8 | 258 | ||
Toxocara canis8 | 259 | ||
Toxascaris leonina8 | 259 | ||
Dipylidium caninum8 | 260 | ||
Taenia egg8 | 260 | ||
Giardia species trophozoite34 | 261 | ||
Giardia lamblia cyst8 | 261 | ||
Eimeria magna oocysts8A | 262 | ||
Isospora felis oocysts8 | 262 | ||
Common External Parasites | 263 | ||
Trichodectes canis8 | 263 | ||
Sucking louse41 | 263 | ||
Adult Sarcoptes scabiei mite1 | 264 | ||
Sarcoptes scabiei eggs27 | 265 | ||
Otodectes cynotis1 | 265 | ||
Demodex criceti1 | 266 | ||
Egg of Demodex canis27 | 266 | ||
Micro/Cytology | 267 | ||
Sequence of Testing51A | 274 | ||
Quadrant Streak Procedure51 | 274 | ||
Bacterial Colony Characteristics51 | 280 | ||
Common Fungal Organisms | 282 | ||
Normal Values | 301 | ||
Sources | 309 | ||
Index | 313 | ||
A | 313 | ||
B | 314 | ||
C | 314 | ||
D | 316 | ||
E | 317 | ||
F | 317 | ||
G | 318 | ||
H | 318 | ||
I | 319 | ||
J | 319 | ||
K | 320 | ||
L | 320 | ||
M | 320 | ||
N | 321 | ||
O | 322 | ||
P | 322 | ||
Q | 323 | ||
R | 323 | ||
S | 323 | ||
T | 324 | ||
U | 325 | ||
V | 325 | ||
W | 325 | ||
X | 326 | ||
Y | 326 |