Books in the The Clinics: Veterinary Medicine series

Presents a comprehensive review of cardiology for the small animal practitioners. This title includes articles that focus on advanced techniques in echocardiography, use of natiuretic peptides in the management of canine patients with heart disease, and use of natiuretic peptides in the management of feline patients with heart disease.

Deals with laminitis, one of the most challenging diseases for the equine clinician to treat. This title includes articles such as: endocrinopathic metabolism, equine metabolic syndrome, hyperinsulinemic laminitis, pasture associated laminitis, corticosteroid associated laminitis, and supporting limb laminitis.

An ophthalmology primer for the food animal practitioner. It includes articles covering, examination techniques and therapeutic regimens for the ruminant eye, surgical techniques, infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis, congenital abnormalities, listerial keratoconjunctivitis and uveitis, squamous cell carcinoma, and more.

A review of infectious diseases for the small animal practitioner! It includes topics such as: canine leptospirosis, canine parvovirus, lyme disease, ehrlichia/anaplasma, canine influenza, molecular diagnostic assays for infectious diseases in cats, bartonella, feline hemotropic mycoplasma, antifungal treatment, canine babesiosis, and more.

Includes such articles as: Geriatric Medicine in Psittacines; The Aging Raptor; The Ancient Rat; Geriatric Medicine of the Guinea Pig and Chinchilla; Geriatric Medicine of the Rabbit; Geriatric Medicine of the Reptile; Geriatric Medicine of Fresh Water Fish; Pathology of the Geriatric Bird; and, The Geriatric Ferret.

Highlights important areas in kidney failure and renal replacement therapies for all small animal practitioners.

Suitable for exotic animal practitioner, this book offers practical information on uncommon species. It covers such species as ground and tree squirrels, servals and caracals, sugar gliders, prairie dogs, hedgehogs, fennec foxes, skunks, degus, kinkajous, opossums, Patagonian cavies, macropods, coatamundi and raccoons, lemurs, and agoutis.

Presents a comprehensive review of bovine neonatology. This book includes such topics as resuscitation and critical care, salmonella, treatment of diarrhea, respiratory disease, mycoplasma bovis diseases, respiratory distress syndrome, septicemia and meningitis, and abomasal ulceration/tympany of calves.

Offers information on the diagnosis and treatment of urolithiasis in small animals. This book includes such topics as idiopathic lower urinary tract disease, compound uroliths, drug-induced uroliths, uroliths in exotic animals, diagnosis of inherited defects, dietary management of urolith risk, and treatment of uroliths by lithotripsy.

Offers information on bacterial and parasitic diseases in exotic pet animals for the exotic animal veterinarian. This title covers such species as: passerines, psittacines, anseriformes, birds of prey, ferrets, rabbits, primates, fish, and more.

Offers a primer on ultrasound for the food animal practitioner. This title covers such topics as: ultrasound imaging and the main artifacts in bovine medicine, ultrasonography of the gastro-intestinal tract, ultrasonography of the liver, cardiovascular ultrasonography in cattle, ultrasonographic assessment of umbilical disorders, and more.

Deals with the topic of imaging techniques for the small animal practitioner. This title is divided into 4 sections: Radiology (covering principles of digital imaging); Ultrasound (covering GI tract, right lateral intercostal space, and thorax); Computed Tomography (portosystemic shunts); and, Nuclear Medicine (imaging of portosystemic shunts).

A primer on endoscopy for the small animal practitioner. It covers such topics as: flexible and rigid endoscopic equipment and specialized instrumentation, anesthesia, diagnostic rigid Endoscopy, flexible gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures, airway evaluation and flexible endoscopic procedures, complications, and more.

Offers comprehensive information on parasitology for the small animal practitioner. This title covers such topics as: fleas and ticks; mites and lice; giardia and tritrichomonas; toxoplasma gondii and intestinal coccidia; babesia, cytoxzoan, and hepatozoan; heartworms; intestinal nematodes; and, lungworms and other extraintestinal nematodes.

A review of pain management and anesthesia for the equine practitioner. It includes articles on: opioids as pain therapy, alpha-2 agonists as pain therapy, anti-inflammatories as pain therapy, local anesthetics, epidural and regional drugs, NMDA inhibitors and behavior modifiers, and treatment of visceral pain and colic.

A comprehensive issue on management of colic in horses. It covers such topics as: equine gastric ulcer syndrome, impactions of the small and large intestine, enterolithiasis, antiendotoxin therapies, inflammatory bowel disease and chronic colic, colitis in hospitalized horses, parasitism, and database of equine colic surgery, and more.

Containing information on hepatology for small animal practitioners, this issue presents articles on classification of liver disease, pathophysiology, diagnostic imaging, biopsy techniques, idiopathic hepatitis and cirrhosis in dogs, copper-associated hepatitis in dogs, congenital vascular disease, biliary diseases, and, hepatic lipidosis in cats.

Covers such articles as - Human Insulin Analogs in Feline Diabetes; Diabetes Emergencies in Small Animals; Management of Obesity in Dogs; Trilostane Therapy; Primary Hyperaldosteronism in Cats; Insulin Resistance in Dogs; Insulin Resistance in Cats; Endocrine Hypertension; Atypical Cushing's; and, The Endocrinology of Obesity.

This issue of Veterinary Clinics: Small Animal Practice, guest edited by Dr. Frédéric P. Gaschen, focuses on Advances in Gastroenterology. Articles in this issue include, but are not limited to: Esophagitis, Gastroprotective therapy¸ Gastric motility disorders in dogs and cats, Aerodigestive diseases in dogs, Digestive diseases in brachycephalic dogs, Acute hemorrhagic diarrhea syndrome in dogs, From bench top to clinics: How to use new tests to diagnose and treat dogs with chronic enteropathies, Differentiating IBD from alimentary lymphoma in cats, Canine protein-losing enteropathies and systemic complications, Impact of GI microbiome changes in canine and feline digestive diseases, Dietary and nutritional approaches for the management of chronic enteropathy in dogs and cats, Value of probiotics in canine and feline gastroenterology, and Fecal microbiota transplantation in the dog.

This issue of Veterinary Clinics: Small Animal Practice, guest edited by Dr. Dottie Laflamme, is dedicated to Small Animal Nutrition. Topics in this issue include, but are not limited to, Discussing nutrition with clients; Pros and cons of commercial pet foods; Pros and cons of home-prepared and raw pet foods; Sustainability and pet food; Nutrition for pocket pets; The microbiome and how diet can influence it; Calcium, phosphorus and vitamin D; Senior pet nutrition and management; Update on obesity management; Nutritional management for patients with GI diseases; Nutritional management for patients with renal disease; Nutritional management for patients with cognitive and brain disorders; Nutritional Concerns for Cancer, Cachexia, and Frailty; and Nutritional management for intensive care, rehabilitation, and recovery.