Marjorie Chandler - Small Animal Gastroenterology

Saunders Solutions in Veterinary Practice

Small Animal Gastroenterology

M.L. Chandler, DVM, MS, MACVSc, DACVN, DACVIM, DECVIM-CA, MRCVS

Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition

Saunders

Front Matter

SAUNDERS SOLUTIONS IN VETERINARY PRACTICE

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Notices

Knowledge and best practice in this field are constantly changing. As new research and experience broaden our understanding, changes in research methods, professional practices, or medical treatment may become necessary.

Practitioners and researchers must always rely on their own experience and knowledge in evaluating and using any information, methods, compounds, or experiments described herein. In using such information or methods they should be mindful of their own safety and the safety of others, including parties for whom they have a professional responsibility.

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Case study contributors

, Ms Nicki Reed, BVM & S, Cert VR, DSAM(Feline), DECVIM-CA, MRCVS, Lecturer in Companion Animal Medicine
University of Edinburgh Hospital for Small Animals
Easter Bush Veterinary Centre
Roslin
Midlothian
EH25 9RG

Wrote:

, Ms Carolina Urraca del Junco, DVM, Cert VDI, MRCVS, RCVS Trust Diagnostic Imaging Resident
Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
Easter Bush Veterinary Hospital
Easter Bush
Roslin
Midlothian
EH25 9RG

Wrote:

Co-wrote:

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank

Jim Archambeault, my husband, for his support and love and his tolerance of lost weekends.

Nicki Reed for contributing three excellent feline cases.

Fred Nind for encouragement and diligently reviewing the cases.

My colleagues and friends at the University of Edinburgh Hospital for Small Animals for their continued support, helpfulness and insights into often perplexing cases. I would especially like to thank those who assisted with the figures in the book: Carolina Urraca del Junco (who also enthusiastically provided case material), Tobias Schwarz, Donald Yool, Elspeth Milne, Marcel Kovalik, Alison Ridyard, Geoff Culshaw and Danielle Gunn-Moore.

Our residents, for their hard work and enthusiasm.

Grant Guilford, gastroenterologist, nutritionist, leader in veterinary medicine and my extraordinary mentor, for teaching, inspiring and encouraging me during my residency and beyond.

The referring veterinary surgeons for sending us these cases and the patients themselves, who often teach and surprise us in so many ways.

Introduction

Saunders Solutions in Veterinary Practice series is a new range of veterinary text books covering all the main disciplines of companion animal practice.

Readers should realise that it is not the authors intention to cover all that is known about each topic. As such the books in the Solutions series are not standard reference works. Instead they are intended to provide practical information on the more frequently encountered conditions in an easily accessible form based on real life case studies. They cover that range of cases that fall between the boringly routine and the referral. The books will help practitioners with a particular interest in a topic or those preparing for a specialist qualification. The cases are arranged by presenting sign rather than by the underlying pathology as this is how veterinary surgeons will see them in practice.

Each case also includes descriptions of underlying pathology and details of the nursing required both in the veterinary clinic and at home. It is hoped that the books will also, therefore, be of interest to veterinary students in the later parts of their course and to veterinary nurses.

Continuing professional development (CPD) is mandatory for many veterinarians and a recommended practice for others. The Solutions series will provide a CPD resource which can be accessed economically, shared with colleagues and used anywhere. They will also provide busy veterinary practitioners with quick access to authoritative information on the diagnosis and treatment of interesting and challenging cases. The robust cover has been made resistant to some of the more gruesome contaminants found in a veterinary clinic because this is where we hope these books will be used

Joyce Rodenhuis and Mary seager were the inspiration for the series and both the series editor and the individual authors are grateful for their foresight in commissioning the series and their unfailing support and guidance during their production.