The busy small animal practitioner is likely to see a dog or cat with GI signs most days and this resource should give them greater insight into the conditions they are treating. This manual is divided into four main sections:
- Diagnostic procedures and techniques: this section covers clinical pathology, imaging and biopsy
- Diagnostic approaches to problems: the chapters in this section provide a practical, diagnostic approach to problems affecting the GI tract, pancreas and liver
- Patient management: this section looks at the treatments available for GI, pancreatic and liver disease.
- Diseases of specific systems/organs: the chapters in this final section cover specific conditions of organs of the GI tract, including pathophysiology, clinical signs, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis.
Table of Contents
List of contributors
Foreword
Preface
Section 1: Diagnostic procedures and techniques
Introduction
Edward J. Hall
Faecal examination
Edward J. Hall
Imaging of the gastrointestinal tract, liver and pancreas
Virginie Barberet
Endoscopy
Mike Willard
Gastrointestinal surgery
John Williams
Biopsy and cytology
Michael J. Day
Section 2: Diagnostic approaches to problems
Polyphagia
Daniel J. Batchelor and Alexander J. German
Anorexia and hyporexia
Daniel J. Batchelor and Alexander J. German
Weight loss
Alexander J. German and Daniel J. Batchelor
Drooling
Patrick Barko
Halitosis
Patrick Barko
Dysphagia
Aarti Kathrani
Regurgitation
Aarti Kathrani
Acute vomiting
Clive Elwood
Chronic vomiting
Clive Elwood
Bloating
Rachel Lavoué
Acute diarrhoea
Ian A. Battersby
Chronic diarrhoea
Nicole Luckschander-Zeller
Haematemesis
Mike Willard
Melaena
Mike Willard
Haematochezia
Mike Willard
Dyschezia
Mike Willard
Tenesmus
Mike Willard
Ascites
Andrea Boari
Jaundice
Andrea Boari
Systemic, neurological and uncommon presentations of gastrointestinal disease
Marcella Ridgway
Section 3: Patient management
Non-pharmacological therapies
Marcella Ridgway
Non-specific drug therapy
Edward J. Hall
Antibacterials
Ian A. Battersby
Parasiticides and gastrointestinal parasites of dogs and cats
Maggie Fisher and Peter Holdsworth
Section 4: Diseases of specific systems/organs
Oral cavity, oropharynx and salivary glands
Edward J. Hall
Oesophagus
Peter Kook
Stomach
Thomas Spillmann and Marcus V. Candido
a Small intestine: general
Edward J. Hall
b Small intestine: acute disease
Andrea Boari
c Small intestine: chronic disease
Alison Ridyard
Colon and rectum
Aarti Kathrani
Exocrine pancreas
David A. Williams
a Liver: hepatocellular and biliary tract disorders
Penny Watson
b Liver: vascular disorders
Mickey Tivers
Index
