BSAVA Manual of Feline Practice

Foreword
 
Preface
 
SECTION 1: Effective feline practice
 
1. The cat-friendly practice
Margie Scherk
 
2. Preventive healthcare: a life-stage approach
Susan Little
 
3. Practical therapeutics
Jill E. Maddison and Jo Murrell
 
SECTION 2: Common presenting complaints
 
4. Feline emergencies
 
4.1 Collapse
Angie Hibbert
 
4.2 Dyspnoea, tachypnoea and hyperpnoea
Angie Hibbert
 
4.3 Hypercalcaemia
Samantha Taylor
 
4.4 Hypocalcaemia
Samantha Taylor
 
4.5 Hypoglycaemia
Samantha Taylor
 
4.6 Hypokalaemia
Samantha Taylor
 
4.7 Seizures
Laurent Garosi
 
4.8 Sudden-onset blindness
Natasha Mitchell
 
4.9 Toxins - common feline poisonings
Martha Cannon
 
4.10 Trauma and wound management
Geraldine Hunt
 
4.11 Urethral obstruction
Danièlle-Gunn Moore
 
5. Other common feline problems
 
5.1 Abdominal effusion
Myra Forster-van Hijfte
 
5.2 Abdominal masses
Myra Forster-van Hijfte
 
5.3 Alopecia
Natalie Barnard
 
5.4 Anaemia
Séverine Tasker
 
5.5 Anorexia
Samantha Taylor and Rachel Korman
 
5.6 Ataxia
Laurent Garosi
 
5.7 Azotaemia
Kathleen Tennant
 
5.8 Cat bite abscesses
Martha Cannon
 
5.9 Constipation
Albert E. Jergens
 
5.10 Coughing
Angie Hibbert
 
5.11 Dehydration
Samantha Taylor
 
5.12 Diarrhoea
Albert E. Jergens
 
5.13 Haematuria
Danièlle-Gunn Moore
 
5.14 Hairballs
Margie Scherk
 

5.15 Head shaking and/or ear scratching
Natalie Barnard
 
5.16 Head tilt
Laurent Garosi
 
5.17 Heart murmur
Kerry Simpson
 
5.18 Hypertension
Sarah Caney
 
5.19 Hyphaema
Natasha Mitchell
 
5.20 Inappropriate defecation
Andrea Harvey
 
5.21 Inappropriate urination, dysuria and pollakiuria
Samantha Taylor
 
5.22 Jaundice
Andrea Harvey
 
5.23 Lameness
Sorrel J.

Andrea Harvey BVSc DSAM(Feline) DipECVIM-CA MRCVS
Andrea graduated from the University of Bristol in 2000 and, after some time in small animal practice, returned to Bristol to undertake a 3-year residency in feline medicine, funded by the Feline Advisory Bureau, remaining as FAB Clinical Fellow in Feline Medicine from 2005 to 2010. She has since continued to work closely with FAB and the International Society of Feline Medicine (ISFM) on various initiatives, particularly the ISFM Cat Friendly Practice Accreditation scheme. In 2012 she moved to Australia, where she works as a feline clinician in the Small Animal Specialist Hospital, Sydney. Andrea is also the ISFM representative for Australasia, and a tutor on the CVE/ISFM distance education course in feline medicine. She lectures widely internationally and has written numerous articles and book chapters. Andrea is passionate about all aspects of feline medicine, health and welfare, and about supporting and inspiring colleagues in practice to provide the best care for their feline patients.
 

Séverine Tasker BSc BVSc(Hons) PhD DSAM DipECVIM-CA PGCertHE MRCVS
After graduation from Bristol Veterinary School in 1994, Séverine spent time in practice working for the PDSA before moving to the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Edinburgh to take up an FAB Residency in Feline Medicine. She returned to Bristol in 1999, completing her PhD on feline haemoplasma infection in 2002. She is now a Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Medicine at Bristol. Working in the Feline Centre and on the molecular side of the diagnostic services of Langford Veterinary Services, she is interested in all aspects of feline medicine, especially infectious diseases and haematological disorders. Séverine adores all things feline and particularly enjoys teaching veterinary students, nurses and colleagues a holistic approach to feline cases. She has authored over 100 papers and book chapters and has been an invited speaker at conferences

"The result is a powerful, highly recommended guide forany veterinary practice and many a vet student scollection." ( Midwest Book Reviews , 1 October2013)