THE CAT

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ISBN: 9780323496872

Clinical Medicine and Management

by Susan E. Little

2nd Edition

Publisher: Elsevier

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Print ISBN	9780323496872
eText ISBN	9780323496865
Publisher	Elsevier
Publishing Year	2024
Edition	2nd Edition
Language	English
Pages	1632

Authored by Dr. Susan E. Little, THE CAT: Clinical Medicine and Management, 2nd Edition, is a reference work designed to support feline health assessment and clinical decision-making. Written for veterinary practitioners, feline and mixed practice veterinarians, and cat owners, the volume delivers practical clinical direction across individual patient cases and practice settings.

The thematic coverage incorporates feline internal medicine, infectious diseases, and zoonotic risk prevention, alongside guidance on life stage health care and population medicine. These sections examine diagnostic workflows for managing individual feline patients as well as broader shelter and community cat populations.

This 1632-page edition incorporates a fear-free clinical approach when delivering care to cats. The volume offers structured reference material for clinicians seeking grounded protocols for routine preventive health, acute medical care, and long-term clinical management.

Chapter 1: Understanding the Cat and Feline-Friendly Handling
Chapter 2: The Cat-Friendly Practice
Chapter 3: Deciphering the Cat: The Medical History and Physical Examination
Chapter 4: Guidelines and Precautions for Drug Therapy in Cats
Chapter 5: Fluid Therapy
Chapter 6: Assessment and Management of Pain
Chapter 7: Principles of Anesthesia
Chapter 8: Preventive Health Care for Cats
Chapter 9: Clinical Pathology
Chapter 10: Essential Emergency and Critical Care Techniques
Chapter 11: Chronic Disease Management
Chapter 12: Kitten Development
Chapter 13: Normal Behavior of Cats
Chapter 14: Kitten Socialization and Training Classes
Chapter 15: Behavioral History Taking
Chapter 16: Behavior Problems
Chapter 17: Behavioral Therapeutics
Chapter 18: The Unique Nutritional Requirements of the Cat: A Strict Carnivore
Chapter 19: Nutrition for the Normal Cat
Chapter 20: Nutritional Disorders
Chapter 21: Nutritional Management of Diseases
Chapter 22: Current Controversies in Feline Nutrition
Chapter 23: Cardiovascular Diseases
Chapter 24: Dental and Oral Diseases
Chapter 25: Dermatology
Chapter 26: Digestive System, Liver, and Abdominal Cavity
Chapter 27: Endocrinology
Chapter 28: Hematology and Immunology
Chapter 29: Musculoskeletal Diseases
Chapter 30: Neurology
Chapter 31: Oncology
Chapter 32: Ophthalmology
Chapter 33: Respiratory and Thoracic Medicine
Chapter 34: Toxicology
Chapter 35: Urinary Tract Disorders
Chapter 36: Concurrent Disease Management
Chapter 37: Fungal Diseases
Chapter 38: Selected Vector-Borne Diseases
Chapter 39: Viral Diseases
Chapter 40: Bacterial Infections
Chapter 41: Molecular Assays Used for the Diagnosis of Feline Infectious Diseases
Chapter 42: Feline Zoonotic Diseases and Prevention of Transmission
Chapter 43: Control of Reproduction
Chapter 44: Male Cats: Normal Reproduction, Reproductive Diseases and Conditions
Chapter 45: Female cats: Normal Reproduction, and Reproductive Diseases and Conditions
Chapter 46: Pediatrics
Chapter 47: Managing the Senior Cat
Chapter 48: Care and Control of Community Cats
Chapter 49: Population Wellness: Keeping Cats Physically and Behaviorally Healthy
Chapter 50: A Short Natural History of the Cat and Its Relationship with Humans
Chapter 51: The Feline Genome and Clinical Implications
Chapter 52: Genetics of Feline Diseases and Traits