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Informationen zum Autor Amy Johnson, BS, LVT, RLATG, CVJ, is Senior Continuing Education Manager at VETgirl, a subscription-based online veterinary continuing education company owned by Mars Animal Health under the umbrella of Blue Pearl Specialty and Emergency Animal Hospitals. She has 13 years of experience teaching veterinary technician students and has worked in small animal emergency and general practices and in university research labs. She is also a speaker at national conferences. Klappentext Newly revised and updated edition of a popular reference on many of the diagnostics and treatments seen in veterinary medicine Small Animal Pathology for Veterinary Technicians is a veterinary technician student-based textbook that fosters an understanding of small animal and small exotic mammal diseases, relating pathology information to the responsibilities of technicians in the clinical setting. The book offers in-depth information on a wide range of commonly presented diseases, providing technicians with practical information linked to their daily tasks. Each body system includes a brief review of anatomy and function, full-color pictures, and tip boxes to help emphasize important issues. A companion website offers images from the book, review questions, and case studies illustrating the process of handling the patient. This newly revised and updated Second Edition includes a higher number of images to aid visual learners who are learning about these diseases for the first time. This new edition also includes information on diseases, laboratory diagnostics, and treatments that have emerged in the past 10 years, a new chapter on respiratory diseases, and a new section on disinfection. Small Animal Pathology for Veterinary Technicians includes discussion on: Infectious diseases of small animals, including preventionGastrointestinal tract diseases, covering the oral cavity, esophagus, stomach, intestines, liver, and pancreasUrinary tract diseases, covering urinary obstructions, acute and chronic renal failure, and bacterial cystitisOcular diseases, covering pink eye epiphora, third eyelid prolapse, glaucoma, corneal ulcers, and progressive retinal atrophyMusculoskeletal diseases, covering bone fractures, hip dysplasia, patellar luxation, and intervertebral disk diseaseDiseases specific to rabbits, guinea pigs, chinchillas, ferrets, hamsters, gerbils, and rats The Second Edition of Small Animal Pathology for Veterinary Technicians is an essential reference for faculty and veterinary technician students at academic institutions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface xxiii Acknowledgment xxv About the Companion Website xxvii 1 Introduction 1 The Veterinary Technician's Role in Pathology 1 Technician Duties and Required Skills 1 Diagnosis 3 Immunity 3 Factors Involved in Infectious Disease 4 Common Terminology Necessary for Understanding Pathology 4 Disinfection 5 Further Reading 7 2 Canine Infectious Disease 9 Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) or Hard Pad Disease 9 Canine Parvovirus Type 2 (CPV-2) 13 Canine Adenovirus Type 1 (CAV-1) or Infectious Canine Hepatitis (ICH) 16 Canine Infectious Tracheobronchitis or Kennel Cough 18 Leptospirosis 20 Canine Influenza Virus (CIV) or Dog Flu 23 Further Reading 24 3 Feline Infectious Disease 27 Feline Panleukopenia (FPV) Feline Distemper, Feline Parvo, Feline Infectious Enteritis 27 Feline Leukemia Virus (FeLV) 30 Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) or Feline Aids 33 Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP or FIPV) 35 Feline Upper Respiratory Tract Infections 38 Toxoplasmosis 40 Further Reading 42 4 Rabies 45 Rabies Virus 45 Further Reading 49 5 Respiratory Disease 51 Fel...
