Contents

About the Companion Website xi Chapter 3 Feline Infectious Disease 21 Chapter 1 Feline Panleukopenia (FPV), Feline Introduction 1 Distemper, Feline Parvo, Feline Infectious Enteritis 21 The Veterinary Technician’s Role in (FeLV) 24 Pathology 1 Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) Technician Duties and Required Skills 1 or Feline AIDS 27 Diagnosis 3 Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP or FIPV) 28 Immunity 3 Feline Upper Respiratory Tract Infections 31 Factors Involved in Infectious Disease 4 Toxoplasmosis 34 Common Terminology Necessary for Understanding Pathology 4 Chapter 4 Chapter 2 37 Canine Infectious DiseaseCOPYRIGHTED 7 MATERIAL Rabies Virus 37 Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) or Hard Pad Disease 7 Canine Parvovirus Type 2 (CPV-2) 10 Chapter 5 Canine Adenovirus Type 1 (CAV-1) or Gastrointestinal Tract Disease 43 Infectious Canine Hepatitis (ICH) 13 Canine Infectious Tracheobronchitis Oral Cavity 43 or Kennel Cough 14 Periodontal Disease or Periodontitis 43 Leptospirosis 16 Papilloma or Puppy Warts 44 Canine Influenza Virus (CIV) or Dog Flu 18 viii Contents

Epulis 45 Pyelonephritis 78 Oral Melanoma 45 Urolithiasis (Urinary Calculi or Urinary Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC) 48 Stones) 79 Oral Fibrosarcoma 49 Urinary Obstruction or Blocked Tom Salivary Mucocele, Sialocele, or Salivary (Feline) 81 Gland Cyst 51 Feline Urinary Tract Disease (FLUTD) 83 Esophagus 52 Acute Renal Failure (ARF) 83 Megaesophagus or Acquired Paralysis 52 Chronic Renal Failure (CRF), Chronic Esophageal Obstructions or Foreign Kidney Disease (CKD), or Chronic Bodies 54 Renal Disease (CRD) 85 Vascular Ring Anomaly (VRA) or Persistent Right Aortic Arch (PRAA) 55 Gastroesophageal Reflux 55 Chapter 7 Stomach 56 Reproductive Disease 87 Acute Gastritis 56 Gastric Ulcers 57 Vaginitis 87 Gastrointestinal Obstructions 57 Pyometra 88 Pyloric Stenosis or Chronic Dystocia 89 Hypertrophic Gastropathy 58 Mastitis 90 Gastric Dilatation and Volvulus (GDV) 60 Mammary Neoplasia 90 Intestines 62 Prostate Disease 91 Intussusception 62 Testicular Disease 92 Linear Foreign Bodies 63 Male Reproductive Neoplasia 93 Inflammatory Bowel Disease 64 Megacolon 64 Intestinal Neoplasia 66 66 Chapter 8 Cholangiohepatitis 66 Endocrine Disease 95 Portal Systemic Shunt (PSS) or Portal Caval Shunt 68 Hyperthyroidism 95 Feline Hepatic Lipidosis (FHL) or Fatty Hypothyroidism 96 Liver Disease 69 Hyperadrenocorticism or Cushing’s Hepatic Neoplasia 70 Disease/Syndrome 97 Pancreas 71 Hypoadrenocorticism or Addison’s Acute Pancreatitis 71 Disease 99 Chronic Pancreatitis 73 Diabetes Mellitus or Sugar Diabetes 100 Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency or Diabetes Insipidus (DI), or Weak Pancreatic Maldigestion 73 or Watery Diabetes 102 Pancreatic Neoplasia 74 Chapter 9 Chapter 6 Ocular Disease 105 Urinary Tract Disease 77 Conjunctivitis or Pink Eye 105 Bacterial Cystitis or Urinary Tract Epiphora 106 Infection 77 Third Eyelid Prolapse or Cherry Eye 107 Contents ix

Entropion/Ectropion 108 Glaucoma 109 Chapter 11 Corneal Ulcers 111 Musculoskeletal Disease 141 Chronic Superficial Keratitis or Pannus 112 Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca or Dry Eye 112 Bone Fractures 141 Anterior Uveitis, Iridocyclitis, or Soft Eye 113 Osteosarcoma (OSA) 143 Cataracts 113 Panosteitis (Pano) 146 Progressive Retinal Atrophy (PRA) or Osteoarthritis or Degenerative Progressive Retinal Degeneration (PRD) 114 Joint Disease (DJD) 146 Hip Dysplasia 148 Osteochondritis Dissecans (OCD) 151 Chapter 10 Patellar Luxation 152 Cranial or Anterior Cruciate Ligament Integumentary Disease 117 (CCL or ACL) Rupture or Cranial Cruciate Ligament Disease (CCLD) 153 Parasitic Skin Infections 117 Intervertebral Disk Disease (IVDD) 156 Flea Allergy Dermatitis (FAD) 117 Myasthenia Gravis 159 Ticks 119 Otodetic Mange or Ear Mites 120 Sarcoptes or Scabies or Sarcoptic Mange 121 Chapter 12 Demodex or Demodetic Mange Hematologic and Lymph Disease 163 or Demodicosis 122 Pediculosis or Lice 123 Erythrocyte Disorders 163 Cuterebra Larvae or Botfly Larvae 124 Anemia 163 Facultative Myiasis-Producing Flies Immune-Mediated Hemolytic Anemia or Maggots 125 (IMHA) 166 Fungal Skin Infections 126 Absolute Erythrocytosis Yeast 126 or Polycythemia 168 Dermatophytosis or Ringworm 127 Leukocyte and Lymph Disorders 169 Miscellaneous Skin Disorders 129 Malignant Lymphoma or Pyoderma or Bacterial Folliculitis 129 Lymphosarcoma (LSA) 169 Seborrhea 129 Multiple Myeloma (Plasma Cell Acute Moist Dermatitis or Traumatic Tumor) 170 Dermatitis or Hot Spots 130 Chylothorax 171 Atopy or Allergic Dermatitis 131 Thrombocyte and Coagulation Food Allergy 133 Disorders 172 Epidermal Inclusion Cysts or Primary Immune-Mediated Sebaceous Cysts 134 Thrombocytopenia (PIMT) or 134 Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia 172 Neoplasias Originating from the Skin Hemophilia 172 and Associated Structures 135 von Willebrand’s Disease 173 Cutaneous Mast Cell Tumor 135 Disseminated Intravascular Cutaneous Histiocytoma 137 Coagulopathy 174 Melanoma 137 Rodenticide Toxicity 175 Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma 138 Feline Aortic Thromboembolism Lipoma 139 (FATE) or Feline Saddle Thrombus 176 x Contents

Aplastic Anemia/Estrogen Toxicity 200 Chapter 13 Lymphoma/Lymphosarcoma 201 Diseases of Rabbits, Guinea Pigs, Influenza 202 and Chinchillas 179 Epizootic Catarrhal Enteritis (ECE) or Green Slime Diarrhea 202 Urolithiasis/Bladder Sludge 179 Ferret Systemic Coronavirus (FRSCV) Gastric Stasis 181 or Ferret FIP 203 Ulcerative Pododermatitis, Bumblefoot, Canine Distemper 204 or Sore Hock 182 Gastric Foreign Bodies 205 Malocclusion or Slobbers 183 Heat Stroke 185 Respiratory Infection 185 Chapter 15 Mastitis 186 Diseases of Hamsters, Gerbils, and Rats 207 Rabbit Hairballs or Trichobezoar 187 Rabbit Buphthalmia 188 Malocclusions 207 Rabbit Uterine Adenocarcinoma 188 Proliferative Ileitis, Proliferative Scurvy 190 Enteritis, or Wet Tail 209 Antibiotic-Associated Enterotoxemia 190 Antibiotic-Associated Enterotoxemia or Streptococcal Lymphadenitis, Cervical Clostridial Enteropathy 210 Lymphadenitis, or Lumps 191 Tyzzer’s Disease or Clostridium Cavian Cytomegalovirus (CMV) 192 piliforme 210 Cavian Leukemia/Lymphosarcoma 192 Respiratory Infections 211 Guinea Pig Dystocia 193 Neoplasia 212 Chinchilla Fur Slip and Fur Chewing 193 Ulcerative Pododermatitis or Chinchilla Gastric Tympany (Bloat) 194 Bumblefoot 213 Chromodacryorrhea or Red Tears 215 Arteriolar Nephrosclerosis or Hamster Chapter 14 Nephrosis or Renal Failure 216 Diseases of Ferrets 197 Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus (LCMV) 216 Pancreatic Beta Cell Tumor or Gerbil Epileptiform Seizures 217 Insulinoma 197 Gerbil Tail Slip or Tail Degloving 217 Adrenal Disease or Hyperadrenocorticism 198 Index 219