Small Animal Practice Client Handouts - E-Book, 2nd Edition

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Section 1: Procedures and Techniques
1. Amputation, Limb
2. Blood Pressure Measurement
3. Bone Marrow Aspiration
4. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
5. Castration of Male Dogs
6. Chemotherapy and Your Pet
7. Echocardiography
8. Electrocardiography: Intermittent, Continuous
9. Femoral Head and Neck Ostectomy
10. Fracture Repair: Casts and Splints
11. Fracture Repair: External Skeletal Fixation
12. Fracture Repair: Internal Fixation
13. Physical Rehabilitation
14. Sterilization of Female Dogs
15. Sterilization of Female Cats
16. Subcutaneous Fluid Therapy
17. Transfusion Therapy in Cats
18. Transfusion Therapy in Dogs

Section 2: Cardiovascular System
19. Arterial Thromboembolism in Cats, Peripheral
20. Atrial Fibrillation
21. Atrial Premature Contractions and Tachycardia
22. Atrioventricular Valve Degeneration in Dogs
23. Cardiac Tumors
24. Cardiomyopathy, Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular
25. Cardiomyopathy, Dilated in Cats
26. Cardiomyopathy, Dilated in Dogs
27. Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic in Cats
28. Cardiomyopathy, Nutritional in Dogs
29. Congestive Heart Failure in Dogs, Left-Sided
30. Congestive Heart Failure in Dogs, Right-Sided
31. Endocarditis
32. Heartworm Disease in Cats
33. Heartworm Disease in Dogs
34. Patent Ductus Arteriosus
35. Pericardial Effusion
36. Peritoneopericardial Diaphragmatic Hernia
37. Persistent Right Aortic Arch
38. Pulmonary Hypertension
39. Pulmonic Stenosis
40. Second- and Third-Degree Heart Block
41. Sick Sinus Syndrome and Atrial Standstill
42. Sinus Bradycardia
43. Subaortic Stenosis in Dogs
44. Systemic Hypertension
45. Tetralogy of Fallot
46. Tricuspid and Mitral Valve Dysplasia
47. Ventricular and Atrial Septal Defects
48. Ventricular Fibrillation and Cardiac Arrest
49. Ventricular Premature Contractions and Tachycardia

Section 3: Respiratory System
50. Allergic Bronchitis in Cats
51. Allergic Bronchitis in Dogs
52. Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome
53. Bronchitis, Acute
54. Bronchitis, Chronic
55. Bullous Lung Disease
56. Diaphragmatic Hernia
57. Elongated Soft Palate
58. Flail Chest
59. Laryngeal Paralysis in Dogs
60. Laryngeal Saccule Eversion in Dogs
61. Laryngeal and Tracheal Neoplasia
62. Laryngitis and Tracheitis
63. Lung Lobe Torsion
64. Lung Tumors
65. Mediastinal Masses
66. Nasopharyngeal and Aural Polyps in Cats
67. Nasal Tumors, Malignant
68. Pleural Effusion
69. Pneumonia, Aspiration
70. Pneumonia, Bacterial
71. Pneumonia, Fungal
72. Pneumothorax
73. Pulmonary Contusions
74. Pulmonary Edema
75. Pulmonary Fibrosis in Dogs
76. Pulmonary Thromboembolism
77. Rhinosinusitis in Cats
78. Rhinosinusitis in Dogs
79. Stenotic Nares
80. Tracheal Collapse in Dogs
81. Tracheal Hypoplasia in Dogs
82. Tracheal Obstruction
83. Tracheal Trauma

Section 4: Neurologic System
84. Atlantoaxial Subluxation/Instability in Dogs
85. Botulism
86. Brachial Plexus Injury/Avulsion
87. Brain Tumors
88. Caudal Cervical Spondylopathy in Dogs
89. Caudal Occipital Malformation Syndrome in Dogs
90. Cerebrovascular Disease/Stroke
91. Cognitive Dysfunction
92. Degenerative Myelopathy in Dogs
93. Diabetic Neuropathy in Cats
94. Discospondylitis in Dogs
95. Fibrocartilaginous Embolic Myelopathy in Dogs
96. Head Trauma
97. Hydrocephalus
98. Idiopathic Facial Nerve Paralysis
99. Idiopathic Peripheral Vestibular Disease
100. Idiopathic Trigeminal Neuropathy in Dogs
101. Intervertebral Disc Disease in Dogs
102. Lumbosacral Stenosis in Dogs, Degenerative
103. Meningoencephalomyelitis of Unknown Etiology
104. Myasthenia Gravis
105. Nerve Sheath Tumors
106. Polyradiculoneuritis in Dogs, Acute
107. Seizures: Causes and Diagnosis
108. Seizures: Idiopathic Epilepsy
109. Seizures: Treatment with Phenobarbital and Bromide
110. Seizures: Treatment with Other Drugs
111. Spinal Cord Trauma
112. Spinal Tumors
113. Spondylosis Deformans
114. Steroid Responsive Meningeal Arteritis in Dogs
115. Tick Paralysis in Dogs
116. Tremor Syndrome in Dogs

Section 5: Digestive System
117. Acute Hemorrhagic Diarrhea Syndrome in Dogs
118. Anal Sac Diseases
119. Cholangiohepatitis in Cats
120. Cleft Palate
121. Colitis in Dogs, Acute
122. Colitis in Dogs, Chronic
123. Copper Storage Hepatopathy in Dogs
124. Epulis in Dogs
125. Esophageal Foreign Body
126. Esophagitis & Esophageal Stricture
127. Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency
128. Fecal Incontinence
129. Gall Bladder Mucocele in Dogs
130. Gastric Dilatation – Volvulus in Dogs
131. Gastric Foreign Body
132. Gastric Neoplasia
133. Gastritis, Acute
134. Gastritis, Chronic
135. Gastrointestinal Ulceration
136. Gingivitis
137. Hepatic Encephalopathy
138. Hepatic Lipidosis in Cats
139. Hepatitis in Dogs, Chronic
140. Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Cats
141. Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Dogs
142. Intestinal Neoplasia
143. Intestinal Obstruction
144. Intestinal Parasites
145. Intussusception
146. Lymphoplasmacytic Stomatitis in Cats
147. Megacolon in Cats
148. Megaesophagus
149. Obesity in Cats
150. Obesity in Dogs
151. Oral Melanoma in Dogs
152. Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Cats
153. Pancreatitis in Dogs
154. Pancreatitis in Cats
155. Perianal Fistula in Dogs
156. Perianal Tumors in Dogs
157. Perineal Hernia in Dogs
158. Peritonitis
159. Portosystemic Vascular Anomalies
160. Protein-Losing Enteropathy
161. Salivary Mucocele
162. Spirocercosis in Dogs

Section 6: Endocrine/Metabolic System
163. Diabetes Insipidus
164. Diabetes Mellitus in Cats
165. Diabetes Mellitus in Dogs
166. Hyperadrenocorticism in Dogs
167. Hyperlipidemia
168. Hyperthyroidism in Cats
169. Hypoadrenocorticism (Addison’s Disease)
170. Hypoglycemia
171. Hypothyroidism in Dogs
172. Idiopathic Hypercalcemia in Cats
173. Insulinoma in Dogs

Section 7: Urinary System
174. Acute Kidney Injury
175. Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy in Dogs
176. Bladder Cancer
177. Bladder Stones in Cats
178. Bladder Stones in Dogs
179. Bladder Trauma
180. Chronic Kidney Disease in Ca

Rhea V. Morgan, DVM, Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists; Director, Smokey Mountain Veterinary Services, Walland, TN; Ophthalmology Services at Village Veterinary Medical Center, Farragut, TN, USA