BSAVA Medicine Manuals

Skin and ear diseases represent common problems in general practice. As the response to treatment largely depends on the correct identification of the primary disease, a systematic step-by-step approach is critical. The purpose of the BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Dermatology is to be an easy-to-read resource focused on the clinically relevant aspects of dermatological diseases. In this new edition, the initial chapters review the basic structure and function of the skin and discuss a logical approach to history taking and the core investigative tests that can be performed. New to this edition is a separate chapter on skin cytology, which features many excellent images illustrating the cytology of common skin conditions that we hope will be useful to practitioners.

This manual provides a practical guide on how to deal with various clinical situations that arise in a shelter environment. The manual comprises three parts: principles of shelter medicine and population health; prevention, management and control of disease in a shelter environment; information on working with people in the shelter environment.

The new edition of this popular manual has been extensively updated to reflect advances in this field, while readers will also find new chapters on inherited and cardiac disease.

Clinical case studies have been retained, allowing readers to consider how they might approach common problems and see for themselves how test selection and interpretation are applied. Body systems are dealt with in their own discrete chapters, as are urinalysis, blood cells and proteins.

Full-colour photographs and illustrations can be found throughout, which will prove indispensable to clinical pathologists, clinicians and veterinary students keen to get grips with a rapidly expanding subject.

This manual reflects the huge advances in the field of cardiothoracic medicine that have taken place over the last ten years including clinical approach to the most common problems encountered in veterinary practice; diagnostic methods available, such as history, physical examination, imaging and laboratory testing; underlying pathophysiology of diseases associated with respiratory disorders, heart failure and arrhythmias; management of acute and chronic respiratory disorders, as well as management of heart failure and arrhythmias; up-to-date information on the diagnosis and management of disorders commonly encountered in practice, such as valvular heart disease, cardiomyopathies and canine and feline tracheobronchial disease.

Reproduction and neonatology are important aspects of general veterinary practice and there has been substantial development in the field since the first edition of the manual. The new edition provides a practical approach to reproduction and neonatology, with the chapters divided into five main sections: The reproductive cycle; Infertility; Pregnancy and parturition; Neonatology; Clinical approach to common conditions (including a chapter on the clinical relevance of biotechnological advances).