Comprehensive in scope and exclusively devoted to feline medical care, Dr. Susan Little’s The Cat: Clinical Medicine and Management, 2nd Edition, is an essential resource for providing complete, state-of-the-art care to cats. Authoritative, clinically focused information is enhanced by full-color images, tables, boxes, algorithms, key points, and more ― all in an easy-to-understand, quick-reference format.

Dr. Little and her expert contributors address the unique concerns and challenges facing any practitioner providing care for cats, including the latest advances in feline medical diagnosis and management and the clinical applications to everyday practice.

An eBook version, included with print purchase, provides access to all the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. The eBook also offers convenient video lessons and client handouts.

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Expert coverage of the unique concerns and challenges facing any practitioner providing care for cats

Contents

۱. Understanding the Cat and Feline-Friendly Handling
۳. Deciphering the Cat: The Medical History and Physical Examination
۴. Guidelines and Precautions for Drug Therapy in Cats
۵. Fluid Therapy
۶. Assessment and Management of Pain
۷. Principles of Anesthesia
۸. Preventive Health Care for Cats
۹. Clinical Pathology
۱۰. Essential Emergency and Critical Care Techniques
۱۱. Chronic Disease Management
۱۲. Kitten Development
۱۳. Normal Behavior of Cats

۱۴. Kitten Socialization and Training Classes
۱۵. Behavioral History Taking
۱۶. Behavior Problems
۱۷. Behavioral Therapeutics
۱۸. The Unique Nutritional Requirements of the Cat: A Strict Carnivore
۱۹. Nutrition for the Normal Cat
۲۰. Nutritional Disorders
۲۱. Nutritional Management of Diseases

۲۲. Current Controversies in Feline Nutrition
۲۴. Dental and Oral Diseases
۲۵. Dermatology
۲۶. Digestive System, Liver, and Abdominal Cavity
۲۷. Endocrinology
۲۸. Hematology and Immunology
۲۹. Musculoskeletal Diseases
۳۰. Neurology
۳۱. Oncology
۳۲. Ophthalmology
۳۴. Toxicology
۳۵. Urinary Tract Disorders

۳۶. Concurrent Disease Management
۳۷. Fungal Diseases
۳۸. Selected Vector-Borne Diseases
۳۹. Viral Diseases
۴۰. Bacterial Infections
۴۱. Molecular Assays Used for the Diagnosis of Feline Infectious Diseases
۴۲. Feline Zoonotic Diseases and Prevention of Transmission
۴۳. Control of Reproduction
۴۴. Male Cats: Normal Reproduction, Reproductive Diseases and Conditions
۴۵. Female cats: Normal Reproduction, and Reproductive Diseases and Conditions

۴۶. Pediatrics
۴۷. Managing the Senior Cat
۴۸. Care and Control of Community Cats
۴۹. Population Wellness: Keeping Cats Physically and Behaviorally Healthy
۵۰. A Short Natural History of the Cat and Its Relationship with Humans
۵۱. The Feline Genome and Clinical Implications
۵۲. Genetics of Feline Diseases and Traits