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

1st Edition, Volume 50-5 - August 12, 2020
Editor: Margie Scherk
Language: English
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This issue of Veterinary Clinics: Small Animal Practice, guest edited by Dr. Margie Scherk, is the second 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 second of two issues on Feline Practice: Integrating Medicine and Well-Being. Topics in this issue include, but are not limited to: Nutrition and risks of weight and muscle loss; Importance of maintaining muscle and weight: controversies in what to feed; Nutrition: How to feed; Nutrition: assessing requirements and current intake; Stem cell therapy and cats; Complex disease management: managing a cat with comorbidities; Hyperaldosteronism in cats, Hyperthyroidism and Hypothyroidism in cats; Updates in feline diabetes; Feline pancreatitis; Triaditis; Hypertension in cats; Feline gallbladder diseases; Oral health and disease; and Newly recognized neurological entities.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Contributors
Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice
Preface
Understanding the Nutritional Needs of Healthy Cats and Those with Diet-Sensitive Conditions
Key points
Introduction
Section 1: nutrition for the healthy cat
Section 2: nutritional myths and misperceptions regarding cats
Section 3: nutrition for cats with common diet-responsive conditions
Summary
Assessing Nutritional Requirements and Current Intake
Key points
Introduction
Patient assessment
Diet assessment
Environmental assessment
Extended evaluation
Estimating caloric needs
Putting nutritional recommendations into practice
Summary
Feeding Cats for Optimal Mental and Behavioral Well-Being
Key points
Introduction
How cats eat
Foraging and contrafreeloading
Food puzzles
Using food puzzles
Feeding practices
Problems related to feeding
Managing dietary issues in multi-pet households
Using food in behavior therapy interventions: applications in clinical behavioral medicine and feline mental health care
Stem Cell Therapy and Cats: What Do We Know at This Time
Key points
Introduction
Stem cell primer
How are mesenchymal stem cells used?
Summary
An Update on Feline Chronic Gingivostomatitis
Key points
Introduction
Etiopathogenesis
Leading treatment modalities
Summary
Precision/Genomic Medicine for Domestic Cats
Key points
Precision/genomic medicine
Genome organization
Choosing between whole genome and whole exome sequencing
Future of precision/genomic medicine
Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing for Domestic Cats
Key points
Direct-to-consumer genetic testing
Future of direct-to-consumer genetic testing in cats
Feline Infectious Peritonitis: Update on Pathogenesis, Diagnostics, and Treatment
Key points
Signalment, history, and clinical signs
Pathogenesis update
Diagnostics update
Treatment update
Summary
What’s New in Feline Leukemia Virus Infection
Key points
Introduction
Pathogenesis of feline leukemia virus infection
Factors influencing prevalence, course of infection, and development of disease
Different courses of feline leukemia virus infection
Clinical syndromes associated with regressive feline leukemia virus infection
Summary
Hypertension: Why Is It Critical?
Key points
Introduction
Defining hypertension
Types of hypertension
The impact of hypertension
The greatest barrier to diagnosis
Diagnosing hypertension in cats
Treatment of feline hypertension
Summary
Primary Hyperaldosteronism in Cats: An Underdiagnosed Disorder
Key points
Introduction
Aldosterone synthesis
Aldosterone metabolism
Regulation of aldosterone secretion
Physiologic effects of the renin–angiotensin system
Physiologic effects of aldosterone
Primary hyperaldosteronism
Clinical presentation of primary hyperaldosteronism in cats
Diagnosis of feline primary hyperaldosteronism
Diagnostic imaging
Treatment of feline primary hyperaldosteronism
Hyperthyroidism in Cats: Considering the Impact of Treatment Modality on Quality of Life for Cats and Their Owners
Key points
Introduction
Etiopathogenesis of feline hyperthyroidism
Rule out concurrent disease
Selecting the best treatment for the individual hyperthyroid cat (and their owner)
Bottom line—what’s the best treatment?
Updates in Feline Diabetes Mellitus and Hypersomatotropism
Key points
Case 1: sick diabetic cat, Monkey, a 12-year-old neutered male domestic shorthair
Case 2: cat with hypersomatotropism-associated diabetes mellitus, Bonnie, an 11-year-old female neutered domestic longhair
Case 3: excessive glycemic variability in a diabetic cat, Mu, a 16-year-old neutered female Burmese
Summary
Is It Being Overdiagnosed? Feline Pancreatitis
Key points
Introduction
Definitions
Difficulties in achieving a definitive diagnosis
Factors involved in variation of performance of diagnostic tests
Summary
Evidence-Based Medicine: Ultrasound-Guided Percutaneous Cholecystocentesis in the Cat
Key points
Safety of percutaneous ultrasound-guided cholecystocentesis
Usefulness of percutaneous ultrasound-guided cholecystocentesis for bacterial isolation
The impact of ultrasound
Summary
Triaditis: Truth and Consequences
Key points
Introduction
Triaditis: past and current perspective
Does inflammation in one component organ contribute to triaditis?
How to diagnose triaditis
Treatment strategies for triaditis
Prognosis for cats with triaditis
Neurobehavioral Disorders: The Corticolimbic System in Health and Disease
Key points
Introduction
Feline orofacial pain syndrome
Feline hyperesthesia syndrome
Feline limbic encephalitis
Summary
Supplementary data