• The busy small animal practitioner is likely to see a dog or cat with GI signs most days and this resource should give them greater insight into the conditions they are treating. This manual is divided into four main sections:

    • Diagnostic procedures and techniques: this section covers clinical pathology, imaging and biopsy
    • Diagnostic approaches to problems: the chapters in this section provide a practical, diagnostic approach to problems affecting the GI tract, pancreas and liver
    • Patient management: this section looks at the treatments available for GI, pancreatic and liver disease.
    • Diseases of specific systems/organs: the chapters in this final section cover specific conditions of organs of the GI tract, including pathophysiology, clinical signs, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis.

  • List of contributors

    Foreword

    Preface

    Section 1: Diagnostic procedures and techniques

    Introduction
    Edward J. Hall

    Faecal examination
    Edward J. Hall

    Imaging of the gastrointestinal tract, liver and pancreas
    Virginie Barberet

    Endoscopy
    Mike Willard

    Gastrointestinal surgery
    John Williams

    Biopsy and cytology
    Michael J. Day

    Section 2: Diagnostic approaches to problems

    Polyphagia
    Daniel J. Batchelor and Alexander J. German

    Anorexia and hyporexia
    Daniel J. Batchelor and Alexander J. German

    Weight loss
    Alexander J. German and Daniel J. Batchelor

    Drooling
    Patrick Barko

    Halitosis
    Patrick Barko

    Dysphagia
    Aarti Kathrani

    Regurgitation
    Aarti Kathrani

    Acute vomiting
    Clive Elwood

    Chronic vomiting
    Clive Elwood

    Bloating
    Rachel Lavoué

    Acute diarrhoea
    Ian A. Battersby

    Chronic diarrhoea
    Nicole Luckschander-Zeller

    Haematemesis
    Mike Willard

    Melaena
    Mike Willard

    Haematochezia
    Mike Willard

    Dyschezia
    Mike Willard

    Tenesmus
    Mike Willard

    Ascites
    Andrea Boari

    Jaundice
    Andrea Boari

    Systemic, neurological and uncommon presentations of gastrointestinal disease
    Marcella Ridgway

    Section 3: Patient management

    Non-pharmacological therapies
    Marcella Ridgway

    Non-specific drug therapy
    Edward J. Hall

    Antibacterials
    Ian A. Battersby

    Parasiticides and gastrointestinal parasites of dogs and cats
    Maggie Fisher and Peter Holdsworth

    Section 4: Diseases of specific systems/organs

    Oral cavity, oropharynx and salivary glands
    Edward J. Hall

    Oesophagus
    Peter Kook

    Stomach
    Thomas Spillmann and Marcus V. Candido

    a Small intestine: general
    Edward J. Hall

    b Small intestine: acute disease
    Andrea Boari

    c Small intestine: chronic disease
    Alison Ridyard

    Colon and rectum
    Aarti Kathrani

    Exocrine pancreas
    David A. Williams

    a Liver: hepatocellular and biliary tract disorders
    Penny Watson

    b Liver: vascular disorders
    Mickey Tivers

    Index

  • Edward Hall MA VetMB PhD DipECVIM-CA FRCVS

    Ed graduated from the University of Cambridge and after an Internship and Residency at the University of Pennsylvania, undertook a Wellcome Trust funded PhD and post-doctoral Fellowship at the University of Liverpool. An academic career, first at Liverpool and then at Bristol Veterinary School led ultimately to a Chair in Small Animal Medicine. Ed is a Diplomate of the ECVIM, a Fellow of the RCVS, an RCVS Recognised Specialist in Small Animal Medicine (Gastroenterology) and a Past President of the BSAVA. Ed retired from the University of Bristol in 2018, but remains clinically active, seeing GI referrals at Langford Vets.

    David Williams MA VetMB PhD DipACVIM-SAIM DipECVIM-CA

    David graduated from the University of Cambridge and after an Internship and Residency at the University of Pennsylvania, undertook a Wellcome Trust funded PhD at the University of Liverpool. Before settling at the University of Illinois David held academic appointments at the University of Florida, Kansas State University, Purdue University and Texas A&M University, at each of which he established what ultimately evolved into the GI Laboratory at Texas A&M University. David currently does clinical service, teaching and research in the Internal Medicine service at the University of Illinois, and maintains a consulting relationship with veterinarians in clinical practice through the GI Laboratory at Texas A&M.

    Aarti Kathrani BVetMed(Hons) PhD DipACVIM-SAIM DipACVN FHEA MRCVS

    Aarti graduated from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) and after an Internship and PhD at the RVC, undertook a Small Animal Internal Medicine Residency at Cornell University, followed by a Small Animal Clinical Nutrition Residency at the University of California-Davis. Aarti is a Diplomate of the ACVIM and ACVN and a RCVS Recognised Specialist in Small Animal Medicine. Aarti was appointed Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Medicine at the University of Bristol for 2 years, and has subsequently moved back to the RVC as Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Internal Medicine, where she is involved with the clinical internal medicine service and also helps provide nutritional input to clinical cases seen at the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals. Her research centres on canine and feline gastroenterology and nutrition.

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