Pet-Specific Care for the Veterinary Team

A practical guide to identifying risks in veterinary patients and tailoring their care accordingly
 
Pet-specific care refers to a practice philosophy that seeks to proactively provide veterinary care to animals throughout their lives, aiming to keep pets healthy and treat them effectively when disease occurs. Pet-Specific Care for the Veterinary Team offers a practical guide for putting the principles of pet-specific care into action. Using this approach, the veterinary team will identify risks to an individual animal, based on their particular circumstances, and respond to these risks with a program of prevention, early detection, and treatment to improve health outcomes in pets and the satisfaction of their owners.
 
The book combines information on medicine and management, presenting specific guidelines for appropriate medical interventions and material on how to improve the financial health of a veterinary practice in the process. Comprehensive in scope, and with expert contributors from around the world, the book covers pet-specific care prospects, hereditary and non-hereditary considerations, customer service implications, hospital and hospital team roles, and practice management aspects of pet-specific care. It also reviews specific risk factors and explains how to use these factors to determine an action plan for veterinary care. This important book:
* Offers clinical guidance for accurately assessing risks for each patient
* Shows how to tailor veterinary care to address a patient's specific risk factors
* Emphasizes prevention, early detection, and treatment
* Improves treatment outcomes and provides solutions to keep pets healthy and well
 
Written for veterinarians, technicians and nurses, managers, and customer service representatives, Pet-Specific Care for the Veterinary Team offers a hands-on guide to taking a veterinary practice to the next level of care.

List of contents

Contributors xix
 
Preface xxiii
 
Editor-in-Chief xxv
 
Section 1 Overview 1
 
1.1 Overview of Pet-Specific Care 3
Lowell Ackerman, DVM, DACVD, MBA, MPA, CVA, MRCVS
 
1.2 Providing a Lifetime of Care 9
Lowell Ackerman, DVM, DACVD, MBA, MPA, CVA, MRCVS
 
1.3 Personalized Care Plans 15
Lowell Ackerman, DVM, DACVD, MBA, MPA, CVA, MRCVS
 
1.4 Opportunities for Pet-Specific Care 23
Nan Boss, DVM
 
1.5 Feline-Friendly Care 27
Jane Brunt, DVM
 
1.6 Adapting to a New Normal 31
Lowell Ackerman, DVM, DACVD, MBA, MPA, CVA, MRCVS
 
Section 2 Concepts and Prospects 37
 
2.1 Evidence-Based Veterinary Medicine and Personal Bias 39
Brennen McKenzie, MA, MSc, VMD
 
2.2 The Role of Incremental Care 43
David Haworth, DVM, PhD
 
2.3 Prevalence and Incidence 47
Samuel Stewart, DVM, DACVECC and Chand Khanna, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (Onc), DACVP (Hon)
 
2.4 Checklists in Veterinary Practice 51
Ryane E. Englar, DVM, DABVP (Canine and Feline Practice)
 
2.5 Virtual Care (Telehealth) 59
Lowell Ackerman, DVM, DACVD, MBA, MPA, CVA, MRCVS
 
2.6 Generational Considerations 65
Kurt A. Oster, MS, SPHR, SHRM-SCP
 
2.7 Risk Assessment 69
Nan Boss, DVM
 
2.8 Risk Management 75
Tara Harmon, APR
 
2.9 Anticipated Costs of Pet Care 79
Sarah Rumple
 
2.10 Affordability of Veterinary Services 83
Patricia Khuly, VMD, MBA
 
2.11 Discounting in Veterinary Practice 87
Mark J. McGaunn, CPA/PFS, CFP(r)
 
2.12 Blockchain in Veterinary Medicine 91
Lowell Ackerman, DVM, DACVD, MBA, MPA, CVA, MRCVS
 
2.13 Placebo and Nocebo 95
Lowell Ackerman, DVM, DACVD, MBA, MPA, CVA, MRCVS
 
2.14 Benefits of the Human-Animal Bond 99
Jacqui Ley, BVSc (Hons), PhD, DECAWBM, FANZCVS (Veterinary Behaviour)
 
2.15 Promoting the Human-Animal Bond 103
Sarah Rumple
 
2.16 Pain and Pain Management 107
Mark E. Epstein, DVM, DABVP (Canine/Feline), CVPP
 
2.17 Emergency Preparedness 113
Lori Massin Teller, DVM, BS (Vet Sci), DABVP (Canine/Feline Practice)
 
2.18 Population Control 117
Ryane E. Englar, DVM, DABVP (Canine and Feline Practice)
 
2.19 One Health 121
Donna L. Harris, DVM, MBA, MS(Strategic Foresight)
 
2.20 Cancer Precision Medicine 125
Anna Katogiritis, BSc, DVM and Chand Khanna, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (Onc), DACVP (Hon)
 
Section 3 Hereditary Considerations 129
 
3.1 Genetic Basics 131
Lowell Ackerman, DVM, DACVD, MBA, MPA, CVA, MRCVS
 
3.2 Modes of Inheritance 137
Lowell Ackerman, DVM, DACVD, MBA, MPA, CVA, MRCVS
 
3.3 The Genetics of Disease 141
Lowell Ackerman, DVM, DACVD, MBA, MPA, CVA, MRCVS
 
3.4 Predicting and Eliminating Disease Traits 147
Lowell Ackerman, DVM, DACVD, MBA, MPA, CVA, MRCVS
 
3.5 Conformation Extremes and the Veterinary Team 153
Emma Goodman Milne, BVSc, MRCVS
 
3.6 Genetic Testing 157
Jerold S. Bell, DVM
 
3.7 Genetic Health Registries and Research Organizations 163
Anita M. Oberbauer, PhD
 
3.8 Genetic Counseling 169
Jerold S. Bell, DVM
 
3.9 Purebreds, Mixed-Breeds, and Hybrids 175
Lowell Ackerman, DVM, DACVD, MBA, MPA, CVA, MRCVS
 
3.10 Advising Clients on Selecting an Appropriate Pet 179
Lowell Ackerman, DVM, DACVD, MBA, MPA, CVA, MRCVS
 
3.11 Integrating Genotypic and Phenotypic Testing 183
Lowell Ackerman, DVM, DACVD, MBA, MPA, CVA, MRCVS
 
3.12 Orthopedic Screening 189
Jason C. Nicholas, BVETMED (Hons)
 
3.13 Breed Predisposition 193
Nan Boss, DVM
 
3.14 Breed-Specific Variants in Laboratory Testing 199
Ryane E. Englar, DVM, DABVP (Canine and Feline Practice)
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About the author

The editor

Lowell Ackerman, DVM, DACVD, MBA, MPA, CVA, MRCVS, is an independent consultant, author, and lecturer in Westborough, Massachusetts, USA. 

Product details

• Authors: Lowell Ackerman
• Assisted by: Lowell Ackerman (Editor), Ackerman Lowell (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.06.2021
• EAN: 9781119540663
• ISBN: 978-1-119-54066-3
• No. of pages: 1104
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Veterinary medicine; Veterinärmedizin, Haustiere, veterinary medicine, Veterinärmedizin / Innere Medizin, Veterinary Internal Medicine, Veterinärmedizin / Hunde u. Katzen, Veterinary Medicine - Dogs & Cats, Praxismanagement i. d. Veterinärmedizin, Veterinary Practice Management