Color Atlas of Canine and Feline Disease Diagnosis and Treatment

Author: Zhou Qingguo, Editor-in-Chief
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Publishing Date: 2005-01-01
Features: This book is a comprehensive and systematic monograph in China that introduces veterinary clinics and hospitals, disinfection, and animal restraint methods, anesthesia techniques, common treatment technologies, and common infectious and parasitic diseases, as well as internal, surgical, and obstetric diseases in dogs and cats in a well-illustrated format. The book is divided into twenty-two chapters. The first chapter introduces the design and layout of advanced veterinary clinics and hospitals in China. Chapters 2 to 8 sequentially introduce disinfection and sterilization methods, animal restraint techniques, anesthesia methods, clinical diagnostic methods, imaging diagnostics, blood and urine tests, and common treatment technologies, with a focus on related medications, equipment, and their usage or operation methods. Chapters 9 to 10 discuss common infectious and internal parasitic diseases in dogs and cats, providing general descriptions of epidemiological characteristics such as pathogen names and infection routes from a clinical and practical perspective, while emphasizing clinical symptoms, diagnostic methods or key points, and treatment principles or key points. Chapters 11 to 16 introduce common internal and obstetric diseases in dogs and cats by system, with most diseases not only covered by simple and rapid clinical diagnostic methods but also featuring the application of modern diagnostic techniques. Chapters 17 to 22 introduce common surgical, dermatological, and oncological diseases in dogs and cats by anatomical location, with theoretical descriptions and illustrations of disease characteristics, as well as surgical procedures demonstrated with real images for many diseases. This book is a compilation and summary of the author's long-term experience in teaching, research, and clinical practice in veterinary surgery and animal diseases. Through clear and accessible descriptions accompanied by over 600 real images, it provides a relatively comprehensive and systematic introduction to the rich content of small animal medicine in China, offering strong guidance for current veterinary and animal clinical practice. It is suitable for individuals planning to establish veterinary clinics or hospitals to understand the current state and development direction of the pet medicine industry in China. It is also suitable for junior and mid-level small animal veterinarians to improve their clinical diagnostic skills quickly during practice. Additionally, it serves as a reference for experienced senior small animal veterinarians to learn modern diagnostic techniques and methods. It can also be used as a supplementary textbook for the 21st-century curriculum courses "Diseases of Dogs and Cats" and "Diseases of Small Animals," serving as essential learning materials for veterinary medicine students studying canine and feline diseases.