Book, Treatise Internal Veterinary Medicine Disease Dog Cat 2 vol 5/04[LS]

This fifth edition has been rewritten and revised. Section I briefly but consistently describes clinical problems in logical, sequential order. Section II includes information on enteral support, basic nutritional management and adverse reactions to foods. The expanded Section III covers toxicology, blood banking, and transfusion clinics and includes chapters on acupuncture, alternative therapies, and holistic medicine. In Section IV, Infectious Disease, the chapters on viral and mycotic diseases caused by rickettsiae and protozoa were expanded. Section V, now with nine chapters, deals with Cancer. Revised and updated sections on neurology, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases incorporate new diagnoses as well as therapeutic modalities. Section VIII covers Eyes, Ears, Nose and Throat. Section X - The Gastrointestinal System - includes Dentistry. Section XI, Diseases of the Liver and Pancreas, now constitutes a complete and independent section. Section XII, Endocrine System, and Section XIII, Reproductive System, comprise 20 chapters, 11 written by new authors. Prostatic diseases are included in Section XIV - The Urinary System. Section XV, Hematology and Immunology, presents regenerative and non-regenerative anemias, platelet disorders, coagulopathies and leukocyte changes. Joint and Skeletal Disorders is the topic described in Section XVI. An entirely new section aimed at the practicing veterinarian is Appendix 1, Client Information Series.