Heidi Featherstone, Elaine Holt

Small Animal Ophthalmology

What's Your Diagnosis?

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Small Animal Ophthalmology: What s Your Diagnosis? is one ofthe first books in an exciting new series that combinesproblem-based learning, case studies, and questions and answers.Designed specifically for veterinarians and students, the seriesaims to present material in a format to enhance critical thinkingand understanding.
Adopting a case-based approach, chapters are built around commonophthalmic presentations and are directed by questions to test thereader s ability to interpret clinical history, ophthalmicphotographs and diagnostic results in order to provide differentialdiagnoses, diagnostic plans and treatment options.

For veterinary students, this book is an ideal guide to howophthalmology cases are handled in the clinical setting. Forveterinary practitioners, it is an innovative and interesting wayto increase their knowledge and skills in clinicalophthalmology.

Produktdetails

• What's Your Diagnosis?
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 1A405151610
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 169mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 574g
• ISBN-13: 9781405151610
• ISBN-10: 1405151617
• Artikelnr.: 33224127

Autorenporträt

Heidi Featherstone obtained her veterinary degree at the Royal Veterinary College in 1991 and completed a residency in veterinary ophthalmology at the Animal Health Trust. She became a Diplomate of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2001 and a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists in 2005. Heidi works in a team of ophthalmologists at a multi-specialty hospital in West Midlands, UK. Elaine Holt obtained her veterinary degree at the University of Illinois and completed a residency in veterinary ophthalmology at the University of California Davis. She became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists in 2001 and a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists in 2006. She was a lecturer at the school of veterinary medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and then at the Royal Veterinary College before joining the North Downs Specialist Referrals, a multi-specialty hospital in Surrey, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgements. List of Abbreviations. Chapter 1
Abnormalities of Globe Size and Position. Chapter 2 Eyelid Abnormalities.
Chapter 3 Abnormalities of the Third Eyelid. Chapter 4 Ocular Discharge.
Chapter 5 The Painful Eye. Chapter 6 The Red Eye. Chapter 7 The Opaque Eye.
Chapter 8 Corneal Opacities. Chapter 9 Abnormalities of the Iris. Chapter
10 The Abnormal Pupil. Chapter 11 The Blind Eye. Chapter 12 Ocular Trauma.
Appendix 1 Practical Tips for An Ophthalmic Examination. Appendix 2 Further
Reading. Glossary. Index.