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100 top consultations in small animal general practice / edited by Peter B. Hill, Sheena Warman, Geoff Shawcross.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4051-6949-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Pet medicine. I. Hill, Peter B. (Peter Barrie) II. Warman, Sheena. III. Shawcross, Geoff. IV. Title: One hundred top consultations in small animal general practice.
[DNLM: 1. Dog Diseases. 2. Cat Diseases. 3. Professional-Patient Relations. 4. Veterinary Medicinemethods. SF 991]
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List of contributors
Editors
Peter Hill
BVSc, PhD, DVD, DipACVD, DipECVD, MRCVS, MACVSc
Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Dermatology and Immunology, The University of Adelaide, School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Roseworthy Campus, Roseworthy, SA 5371, Australia
Sheena Warman
BSc, BVMS, DSAM, DipECVIM-CA, PGCert(HE), MRCVS
Clinical Fellow in Small Animal Medicine, Division of Companion Animal Studies, Department of Clinical Veterinary Science, University of Bristol, Langford House, Langford, Bristol BS40 5DU, UK
Geoff Shawcross
BVSc, Cert SAO, MRCVS
General Practitioner (retired), Shrublands, St Patricks Lane, Rake, Liss, Hampshire GU33 7HQ, UK
Additional authors
Jon Bowen, BVetMed, MRCVS, DipAS(CABC)
Behavioural Medicine Referral Service, Queen Mother Hospital for Small Animals, Royal Veterinary College, Hawkshead Lane, Potters Bar, North Mymms, Hatfield, Herts AL9 7TA, UK
Jim Carter, BVetMed, DVOphthal, MRCVS
RCVS Recognised Specialist in Veterinary Ophthalmology, South Devon Referrals, The Old Cider Works, Old Cider Works Lane, Abbotskerswell, Devon TQ12 5GH, UK
Mark Goodfellow, MA, VetMB, CertVR, DSAM, DipECVIM-CA, MRCVS
European Recognised Specialist in Veterinary Internal Medicine, Molecular Oncology Laboratories, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Andrea Harvey, BVSc, DSAM(Feline), DipECVIM-CA, MRCVS
RCVS Recognised Specialist in Feline Medicine, Feline Advisory Bureau, Taeselbury, High Street, Tisbury, Wiltshire SP3 6LD, UK
Peter Holt, BVMS, PhD, DipECVS, CBiol, FSBiol, FHEA, FRCVS
Emeritus Professor of Veterinary Surgery, Division of Companion Animal Studies, Department of Clinical Veterinary Science, University of Bristol, Langford House, Langford, Bristol BS40 5DU, UK
Norman Johnston, BVM&S, FAVD, DiplAVDC, DiplEVDC, MRCVS
RCVS American and European Recognised Specialist in Veterinary Dentistry, DentalVets, 31 Station Hill, North Berwick, Lothian EH39 4AS, UK
Martin Owen, BVSc, BSc, PhD, DSAS (Orth), DipECVS, MRCVS
ECVS Recognised Specialist in Small Animal Surgery, RCVS Recognised Specialist in Small Animal Surgery (Orthopaedics), Dick White Referrals, Six Mile Bottom Veterinary Specialist Centre, Station Farm, London Road, Six Mile Bottom, Suffolk CB8 0UH, UK
Sharon Redrobe, BSc(Hons), BVetMed, CertLAS, DZooMed, MRCVS
RCVS Recognised Specialist in Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, Clinical Associate Professor in Zoo, Wild and Exotic Animal Medicine, Director of Life Sciences, Twycross Zoo, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, College Road, Sutton Bonington, Leicestershire LE12 5RD, UK
Sue Shaw, BVSc (Hons), MSc, Dip ACVIM, Dip ECVIM, FACVSc, MRCVS
Senior Lecturer in Dermatology and Applied Immunology, Division of Companion Animal Studies, Department of Clinical Veterinary Science, University of Bristol, Langford House, Langford, Bristol BS40 5DU, UK
Paul Smith, BVetMed, DVC, MRCVS
RCVS Recognised Specialist in Veterinary Cardiology, East Anglia Cardiology Ltd, The Bakers Cottage, Church Street, Buntingford, Hertfordshire SG9 9AS, UK
Acknowledgements
Peter Hill would like to thank Sarah, his wife, for her constant support during the writing of this book.
Sheen Warman would like to thank her husband Adrian for his patience and support whilst this book has been written. She would also like to thank colleagues and students, past and present, who have provided inspiration and helpful suggestions.
Geoff Shawcross would like to take this opportunity to thank all the professional colleagues with whom he has had the pleasure to work during his career for their unstinting support and advice, without which his contribution to this book would not have been possible.
Dedication
This book is dedicated to all the animals we have treated over the course of our careers. Without them, we would have known nothing.
About this book
This multidisciplinary text begins with a comprehensive guide to the consultation process in small animal practice. Within this section, clinicians will find highly practical, invaluable tips about history taking, physical examination and diagnostic approaches.
The book then covers 100 of the most common scenarios that a small animal practitioner will have to deal with in the consulting room. These chapters are of three main types:
1) Presenting-sign-based chapters These chapters, coloured blue, cover an important symptom, listing the common differential diagnoses, outlining the diagnostic approach for its investigation and indicating how the case should be treated. These chapters inform clinicians about what to tell clients before a diagnosis has been made.