Small animal pediatrics : the first 12 months of life /
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St. Louis, Mo. :
Saunders/Elsevier,
[2011]
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Table of Contents:
- Section I : General considerations
- Prenatal care of the bitch and queen
- Birth and the first 24 hours
- History and physical examination of the neonate
- History and physical examination of the weanling and adolescent
- Growth
- Husbandry of the neonate
- Standards of care in pediatrics
- Nutritional requirements and feeding of growing puppies and kittens
- Care of the orphaned puppy and kitten
- Emergency and critical care issues
- Neonatal and pediatric mortality
- Feline behavioral development
- Canine behavioral development
- Immunologic development and immunization
- Section II : Common infectious diseases in puppies and kittens
- Bacterial infections
- Viral infections
- Fungal infections
- Diseases formerly known as rickettsial : the rickettsioses, ehrlichioses, anaplasmoses, and neorickettsial and coxiella infections
- Parasitic and protozoal diseases
- Approach to the febrile patient
- Section III : Diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to the pediatric patient
- Radiographic considerations of the young patient
- Ultrasonography of the young patient
- Anesthesia in the pediatric patient
- Surgical considerations in the young patient
- Pediatric fracture management
- Pain assessment and management
- Pharmacological considerations in the young patient
- Toxicological considerations in the young patient
- Effective use of a veterinary medical diagnostic laboratory
- Clinical chemistry of the puppy and kitten
- Postmortem examination of the puppy and kitten
- Section IV: Systematic clinical approach to diagnosis and treatment of pediatric conditions
- The cardiovascular system
- The hematologic and lymphoid systems
- The respiratory system
- Dentistry and the oral cavity
- The gastrointestinal tract
- The liver, biliary tract, and exocrine pancreas
- The urinary system
- The reproductive tract
- The neurologic system
- The skin and ear
- The musculoskeletal system
- The eye
- Clinical approach to nutritional conditions
- The endocrine system
- Selected zoonotic diseases : puppies and kittens.