ALLENSPACH, K. / PROCOLI, F. / SALAVATI, S.
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SECTION I Diagnostic approach to clinical signs of the gastrointestinal, pancreatic, and hepatobiliary systems
Differential diagnoses
1. Differential diagnoses for clinical signs of the gastrointestinal tract
Karin Allenspach, Silke Salavati Schmitz, Fabio Procoli
2. Differential diagnoses for clinical signs of the pancreas and hepatobiliary system
Silke Salavati Schmitz, Fabio Procoli, Karin Allenspach
Diagnostic procedures
3. Laboratory approach to gastrointestinal disorders
Romy M. Heilmann
4. Laboratory approach to exocrine pancreatic and hepatobiliary disorders
Emily N. Gould, Joerg M. Steiner
5. Diagnostic imaging of the gastrointestinal tract
Pascaline Pey, Alessia Diana
6. Diagnostic imaging of the biliary system and pancreas
Nathalie Rademacher, Kassandra Wilson
7. Endoscopy of the feline gastrointestinal tract
Christiane Stengel, Reto Neiger
8. Surgical and laparoscopic biopsies of the gastrointestinal tract, pancreas, and hepatobiliary system
Kelly L. Bowlt Blacklock
9. Histopathology of gastrointestinal, pancreatic, and hepatobiliary tissues in cats
Mark R. Ackermann, Albert E. Jergens
SECTION II Diseases of the gastrointestinal tractgastrointestinal, pancreatic, and hepatobiliary systems
Oropharyngeal diseases
10. Feline oral inflammatory diseases
Karin Allenspach, Brenda Mulherin
Oesophageal diseases
11. Oesophageal diseases
Albert E. Jergen
Gastric diseases
12. Pyloric diseases
Valérie Freiche, Fiona Da Riz
Infectious diseases of the gastrointestinal tract
13. Viral infections
Georgia Diakoudi, Vito Martella
14. Bacterial infections
Conor OHalloran, Danièlle Gunn-Moore
15. Helminthic and protozoal diseases
Panagiotis G. Xenoulis
Intestinal inflammation
16. Microbiota and dysbiosis
Jan Suchodolski
17. Pathogenesis of feline inflammatory bowel disease
Karin Allenspach, Chelsea Iennarella-Servantez
18. Classification, clinical staging, and treatment of feline chronic enteropathy
Fabio Procoli
19. Feline gastrointestinal eosinophilic sclerosing fibroplasia
Michael Linton, Christine Griebsch
Neoplasia
20. Gastrointestinal lymphoma
Valérie Freiche
21. Nonlymphomatous gastrointestinal tumours
David J. Argyle
Motility disorders
22. Dysmotility of the upper gastrointestinal tract
Conor OHalloran, Danièlle Gunn-Moore
23. Constipation and megacolon
Frédéric P. Gaschen
SECTION III Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract
Pancreatic disorders
24. Pancreatic necrosis and inflammation
Panagiotis G. Xenoulis, Joerg M. Steiner
25. Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency
Panagiotis G. Xenoulis
Hepatic disorders
26. Hepatic vascular disorders
Mickey S. Tivers, Vicky J. Lipscomb
27. Hepatic lipidosis
Chiara Valtolina
28. Hepatic encephalopathy
Adam G. Gow
29. Refeeding syndrome
Daniel L. Chan
Biliary disorders
30. Feline cholangitis and triaditis
Jonathan A. Lidbury
31. Extrahepatic bile duct obstruction and diseases of the gallbladder
Karla C. L. Lee
Neoplasia
32. Pancreatic and hepatobiliary neoplasia
Davide Berlato
SECTION IV Management strategies for diseases of the gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary tract
Pharmacological approach to gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary disorders
33. Antiemetic and gastroprotective agents
M. Katherine Tolbert
34. Antibiotics
Thomas Spillmann, Thomas Grönthal, Susanne Kilpinen
35. Anti-inflammatories and immunosuppressants
Lauren Lacorcia, Julien R. S. Dandrieux
Novel and alternative treatment options of gastrointestinal disorders
36. Prebiotics, probiotics, synbiotics, and postbiotics
Silke Salavati Schmitz
37. Faecal microbiota transplantation
Frédéric P. Gaschen
Nutritional strategies for gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary disorders
38. Nutritional assessment
Aarti Kathrani
39. Nutritional strategies
Aarti Kathrani
40. Enteral nutritional support
Craig Breheny, Silke Salavati Schmitz
41. Parenteral nutritional support
Daniel L. Chan
APPENDIX Recommended drugs and dosages
Subject index
The aim of this book is to focus on problems unique to the feline alimentary tract in comparison to dogs and to discuss them in detail, but also to highlight areas where knowledge is lacking or can only be derived from comparison with other companion animal species or humans. Instead of being a comprehensive work of all things GI in the cat, this book aims to shine a light on topics that are novel, such as the microbiome or probiotics, and might not have been covered by other standard textbooks. This book focuses on a medics perspective on feline alimentary tract health, which starts with considering differential diagnoses in a structured way based on the most common clinical signs. It also includes the invaluable input from other specialties we so often draw on in clinical practice, namely laboratory diagnostics, diagnostic imaging, clinical pathology and histopathology, and nutrition, which can be a particular challenge in cats. It also covers feline-specific infectious and neoplastic diseases. Appropriate methods for retrieving adequate samples from organs of the alimentary tract in cats are discussed, and a particular focus on the challenges of differentiating inflammation from neoplasia is present in several chapters. Extra materials and videos are available.
