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.