Feline Practice: Integrating Medicine and Well-Being (Part I), An Issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice

1st Edition, Volume 50-4 - June 9, 2020
Editor: Margie Scherk
Language: English
Hardback ISBN:
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This issue of Veterinary Clinics: Small Animal Practice, guest edited by Dr. Margie Scherk, is the first of two issues on Feline Practice: Integrating Medicine and Well-Being.… Read more

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This issue of Veterinary Clinics: Small Animal Practice, guest edited by Dr. Margie Scherk, is the first of two issues on Feline Practice: Integrating Medicine and Well-Being. Topics in this issue include, but are not limited to: Analgesia; Feline Chronic Pain and Degenerative Joint Disease; Feline Neuropathic Pain; Inevitability of Feline Aging: Meeting Physical, Psychological, and Psychoemotional Needs; Stress and Feline Health (Idiopathic Cystitis and the Pandora Syndrome); Environment and Feline Health At Home and in the Clinic; Behavior Problem or Problem Behavior?; Behavior as an Illness Indicator; News in FeLV; Understanding FIP - Update on Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment; New Tests in Feline Medicine; Dermatophytoses/Nasal Planum Diseases; Ethical Questions in Feline Medicine (Declawing, Housing, Prolonging Life); and Incorporating Genetics into Clinical Feline Practice.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Contributors
Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice
Preface
Stress and Feline Health
Key points
Introduction
What is stress?
Stress and the lower urinary tract
Perception of threat
Perception of control
Summary
Environment and Feline Health: At Home and in the Clinic
Key points
Introduction
Environmental optimization
Considering natural behavior
The clinic environment
The home environment
Summary
Behavior as an Illness Indicator
Key points
Introduction
Common “problem” behaviors and their medical differentials
Summary
Behavior Problem or Problem Behavior?
Key points
Introduction
Feline Aging: Promoting Physiologic and Emotional Well-Being
Key points
Introduction
The aging process
Meeting the physical needs of aging cats
Promoting emotional well-being in elderly cats
What happens when emotional well-being is compromised?
Common behavioral presentations of elderly cats
Common diseases of elderly cats
Diseases that cause altered behavior and apparent senility
The veterinary practice as a primary source of advice on aging
Supplementary data
Analgesia: What Makes Cats Different/Challenging and What Is Critical for Cats?
Key points
Introduction
Main considerations regarding feline anatomy, physiology, and pharmacology related to analgesia
Pain assessment
The analgesic plan
Analgesic drugs
Feline Chronic Pain and Osteoarthritis
Key points
Introduction
Relevant concepts in the pathophysiology of pain
Osteoarthritis in cats
Assessment of osteoarthritis-related chronic pain
Treatment of chronic pain in cats
Feline Neuropathic Pain
Key points
Introduction
Clinical features and definitions of neuropathic pain state
What might this look like in a cat?
Diagnosis
Prevalence of neuropathic pain in cats
Neurophysiology and neuropharmacology of neuropathic pain
Recognized or suspect neuropathic pain conditions in cats
Treatment of neuropathic pain
Summary
Complex Disease Management: Managing a Cat with Comorbidities
Key points
Introduction
Identifying therapeutic challenges
Meeting needs common to all conditions
Needs specific to each given condition
Management plan for a patient with International Renal Interest Society stage 2 to 3 chronic kidney disease, hypertension, hyperthyroidism, diabetes mellitus, and degenerative joint disease
Distinguishing Between Dermatologic Disorders of the Face, Nasal Planum, and Ears: Great Lookalikes in Feline Dermatology
Key points
Introduction
Facial dermatoses
Summary
New Tests in Feline Veterinary Medicine: When to Use Them and When to Stick with Tried-and-True Tests
Key points
Introduction
Postanalytical interpretation
Hematology—complete blood cell count
Erythron
Leukon
Platelets
Serum biochemistries
Electrolytes
Renal disease
Liver disease
Pancreatic disease
Gastrointestinal disease
Cardiac disease
Acute inflammatory markers
Endocrine disease
Integrating Science and Well-Being
Key points
The art and science of practicing feline medicine