High-Quality, High-Volume Spay and Neuter and Other Shelter Surgeries

List of Contributors ix
 
Preface xiii
 
Acknowledgments xv
 
Part One Clinical Techniques and Patient Care 1
 
Section One Peri-operative Care Associated with Spay and Neuter 3
 
1 Determination of Patient Sex and Spay-Neuter Status 5
Brenda Griffin
 
2 Disorders of Sexual Development and Common Reproductive Pathologies 27
Brenda Griffin, Sara White, and Margaret V. Root Kustritz
 
3 Instrumentation for Spay-Neuter 53
Amber Burton and Sara White
 
4 Asepsis 65
Brian A. DiGangi
 
5 Infectious Disease Control in Spay-Neuter Facilities 89
Sara White and Natalie Isaza
 
6 Strategies to Reduce Stress and Enhance Patient Comfort during the Spay-Neuter Process 103
Brenda Griffin
 
Section Two Anesthesia for Spay-Neuter Surgery 125
 
7 Principles of Anesthesia, Analgesia, Safety, and Monitoring 127
Sheilah Robertson
 
8 Anesthetic Protocols for Dogs and Cats 153
Sheilah Robertson
 
9 Special Considerations for Anesthesia of Pediatric Patients 193
Emily McCobb and Sheilah Robertson
 
10 Anesthetic Complications 209
Emily McCobb
 
11 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Shelter Animal Practice 227
Luisito S. Pablo
 
Section Three Surgical Techniques for Spaying and Neutering 239
 
12 Dog Spay/Cat Spay 241
Philip Bushby and Sara White
 
13 Cesarean Section 267
Sheilah Robertson and Sara White
 
14 Dog Neuter/Cat Neuter 281
Philip Bushby and Sara White
 
15 Neutering Procedures and Considerations in Rabbits and Other Small Mammals 295
Natalie Isaza and Ramiro Isaza
 
16 Tattoo and Ear-Tipping Techniques for Identification of Surgically Sterilized Dogs and Cats 325
Brenda Griffin, Mark W. Bohling, and Karla Brestle
 
17 Complications in Spay and Neuter Surgery 339
Mark W. Bohling
 
18 Ovarian Remnant Syndrome 363
G. Robert Weedon and Margaret V. Root Kustritz
 
Section Four Other Surgical

The Editor
 
Sara White, DVM, MSc, is Founder and Executive Director of Spay ASAP Inc. and ergovet in Hartland, Vermont, USA.