Completely revised and updated, the Second Edition of this comprehensive text details the basic, in-office diagnostic and therapeutic procedures commonly performed in treating dogs, cats, and rabbits.

Step-by-step instructions on restraint, anesthesia, surgical technique, and medical management are provided and include the "whether to" in addition to the "why to" and "how to."

Manual of Clinical Procedures in the Dog, Cat, and Rabbit discusses purposes of the procedures, indications, precautions, possible complications, equipment needed, and preparations. Superb line drawings of procedures explicitly demonstrate operational motions as well as pertinent anatomic relationships.

Contents

Part 1: Routine Clinical Procedures

1. Restraint of dogs and cats
2. Blood collection
3. Injection techniques
4. Placement and care of intravenous catheters
5. Oral administration of medications
6. Dermatologic procedures
7. Impression preparations
8. Fine needle aspiration biopsy
9. Ophthalmic procedures
10. Ear care
11. Pedicure
12. Urethral catheterization
13. Digital rectal examination
14. Anal sac expression and cannulation
15. Enema

Part 2: Specialized Clinical Procedures

16. Skin preparation
17. Intubation
18. Gastric lavage
19. Dental prophylaxis
20. Nasopharyngeal procedures
21. Transtracheal aspiration
22. Centesis
23. Peritoneal catheterization and lavage
24. Visceral core biopsies (closed techniques)
25. Urohydropropulsion
26. Prostatic massage/washing
27. Semen collection and artificial insemination
28. Vaginal examination and specimen collection
29. Bone marrow aspiration and biopsy
30. Cerebrospinal fluid collection
31. Rapid evaluation of bleeding and clotting disorders

Part 3: Routine Clinical Procedures in the Rabbit

32. Restraint of rabbits
33. Selected clinical procedures in rabbits

Index

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