The Cat Clinical Medicine and Management 2nd Edition

Comprehensive in scope and exclusively devoted to feline medical care, Dr. Susan
Little's The Cat: Clinical Medicine and Management, 2nd Edition, is an essential
resource for providing complete, state-of-the-art care to cats. Authoritative, clinically
focused information is enhanced by full-color images, tables, boxes, algorithms, key
points, and more — all in an easy-to-understand, quick-reference format. Dr. Little and
her expert contributors address the unique concerns and challenges facing any
practitioner providing care for cats, including the latest advances in feline medical
diagnosis and management and the clinical applications to everyday practice. An eBook
version, included with print purchase, provides access to all the text, figures, and
references, with the ability to search, customize content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. The eBook also offers convenient video lessons and client
handouts.

Comprehensive in scope and exclusively devoted to feline medical care, Dr. Susan Little's The Cat: Clinical Medicine and Management, 2nd Edition, is an essential resource for providing complete, state-of-the-art care to cats.
Authoritative, clinically focused information is enhanced by full-color images, tables, boxes, algorithms, key points, and more — all in an easy-to-understand, quick-reference format. Dr. Little and her expert contributors address the unique concerns and challenges facing any practitioner providing care for cats, including the latest advances in feline medical diagnosis and management and the clinical applications to everyday practice.
New Features
NEW! eBook version, included with print purchase, provides access to all the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. The eBook also offers convenient client handouts.
NEW! Assimilates the fear-free approach to providing care for cats in veterinary practice.
NEW! Incorporates techniques used to create a "cat-friendly" practice — a growing trend popular with feline and mixed practice veterinarians, and one that can increase the practice’s revenue.
NEW! Includes icons throughout that direct to related client handouts or videos available in the eBook version included with print purchase.
Expert coverage of the unique concerns and challenges facing any practitioner
providing care for cats
KEY FEATURES
• Covers the latest advances in feline medicine from a systemic and adjunctive
care perspective, making it the most comprehensive feline medical reference
available with a strong clinical focus.
• Addresses key topics unique to feline medicine and not currently covered in
other books, including: insights and clinical advances attributable to the mapping of
the feline genome; medical conditions associated with behavioral problems;
managing the feline patient with co-existing and chronic diseases; special medical
problems and care considerations for the geriatric cat; environmental enrichment for
the indoor cat; feline zoonotic agents and implications for human health; and humane
solutions for shelter medicine and overpopulation challenges.
• Helps meet the increasing demand for state-of-the-art medical care by cat
owners, including advanced diagnostic services and treatments designed to extend
and improve quality of life for feline companions.
• Features a full-color design with hundreds of schematic drawings, tables,
boxes, key points, algorithms, and photographs for quick and easy access to
information.
• Provides in-depth information on indoor cats and senior cats, including timely
guidance on meeting owners' expectations for longer, healthier lives for their cats.
• Addresses the challenges of cat overpopulation, particularly humane approaches
to improve quality of life for millions of feral and community cats and minimize their
impact on public health and endangered species of animals.
• Presents information written in the manner of expanded conference
proceedings, delivering the latest insights and most current approaches to
management of feline medical disorders.
• Includes contributions from approximately 80 contributors, including many from
outside the US, to provide a global perspective and valuable expertise from those
most knowledgeable in the field of feline medical care.