EDITOR / INDEX
Editor ’ s Note Index :
Well another year is almost over . Looking back it ’ s hard to see where the time ran away . Anyway I hope some of you get a good break over the festive season and the rest take a break immediately thereafter !
There have been some major advances in the management protocol of dogs with heart disease and there is an article by Dr Kenneth Joubert summarising the findings of the EPIC study which evaluated the effect of pimobendan in delaying the onset on clinical signs in patients with subclinical heart disease . When editing this I became aware of how much the “ devil is in the detail ” of inclusion criteria and end points and in comparing apples to apples . In the next edition I am planning a series of short articles on the drugs which we use in dogs with congestive heart disease and see if we can maximise the efficacy of our therapeutic interventions .
• 5 Ways to Ruin a New Puppy or Kitten Visit
• The ABCs of Veterinary Dentistry : " E " is for Enamel
• The Idiosyncrasies of Itchy Cats
• Practical Gastroinstestinal Function Testing
• Pimobendan : Treatment in Heart Disease
• Radiographic Pointers for Cardio Megaly
• Calculation of The Vertebral Heart Score ( VHS )
• Lipid Rescue : a Novel Antidote ?
• Gastric Dilatation-Volvulus : Controlling the crisis
• Journal Scan
• Introduction to The Reptile Integument
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The dentistry article is once again enlightening in a quick , image-based manner and I understand now why tennis balls cause such havoc with teeth . The article on itchy cats reminds us that we must not think of them as small dogs . We need to approach them , their clinical signs and their management in a very different manner . The CPD article on GDV is just a general overview of the syndrome and is a reminder to treat the patient and not the surgical condition only !
Thank you to our Industry partners whose advertising has made it possible for us to put out this publication . We look forward to working with you again in 2017 . I wish everyone a peaceful , happy and safe holiday season . Regards
Advisory Board
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Dr . Liesel van der Merwe BVSc MMedVet ( Med ) Small Animals
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