Hepatology, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice, 1st Edition

De: Kate Aicher, Joo Cavasin, Jonathan A. Lidbury
ISBN: 9780443413872
2025, Small Animal Practice
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Páginas: 240

  • In this issue of Veterinary Clinics: Small Animal Practice, guest editors Drs. Kate Aicher, João Cavasin, and Jonathan A. Lidbury bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Hepatology. Top experts highlight important topics in the field of small animal hepatology, areas of major recent advances. Topics cover cytological and histological evaluation of the liver; formulating diagnostic, therapeutic, and nutritional plans for common liver diseases of dogs and cats; newly discovered diseases such as domestic cat hepanavirus; and previously poorly characterized liver disorders, such as granulomatous hepatitis.


    Key Features

    • Contains 15 relevant, practice-oriented topics including complications of liver disease in dogs and cats; nutritional considerations for dogs and cats with hepatobiliary disease; domestic cat hepanavirus; biliary tract infections in dogs; congenital hepatic disorders; drug-induced liver injury; and more
    • Provides in-depth clinical reviews on hepatology, offering actionable insights for clinical practice
    • Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews
    • Cytologic Evaluation of the Liver
    • Complications of Liver Disease
    • Nutritional Management of Hepatobiliary Diseases in Dogs and Cats
    • Aminoaciduric Canine Hypoaminoacidemic Hepatopathy Syndrome
    • Domestic Cat Hepadnavirus, a Hepatitis B-like Virus Associated with Feline Liver Disease
    • Feline Cholangitis
    • Biliary Tract Infections in Dogs
    • Gallbladder Mucocele
    • Congenital Intrahepatic Disease
    • Intrahepatic Congenital Portosystemic Shunts
    • Drug-Induced Liver Injury
    • Granulomatous Hepatitis
  • Kate Aicher, DVM, DACVIM, Clinical Assistant Professor, Small Animal Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, USA.

    Joo Cavasin, DVM, DACVP (Anatomic), Clinical Assistant Professor, Small Animal Clinical Sciences and Veterinary Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, USA.

    Jonathan A. Lidbury, BVMS, PhD, MRCVS, DACVIM, DECVIM-CA, Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Small Animal Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, USA.

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