EDITOR / INDEX
Editor’s Note
Just this last month I had to advise a client
with a household of cats of which one tested
positive for FeLV. She had consulted two
general practitioners and both gave similar
advice, but with one or two vital differences
regarding interpretation of the tests. In multi-
cat households managing viral infections can
be a nightmare and the immunology of test
interpretation can be daunting, and as usual,
the devil is in the detail. There is a fantastic
free access website - The European Advisory
Board on Cat Diseases (ABCD) (http://
www.abcdcatsvets.org) which has excellent
factsheets on various aspects of feline
infectious diseases and husbandry. I would urge vets with a feline patient
population to peruse these guidelines.
Urinary incontinence in the bitch will be with us for as long as we
continue spaying them. As vets we contend that the benefits of
sterilisation outweigh the risk of incontinence, however if you had a 30 kg
incontinent Doberman which is not responding to medical management
and is peeing all over your carpets your opinion might be different.
Medical options are available and if a poor response is demonstrated,
surgical options are also available, and possibly under-utilised. The
techniques sound simple, but placement and tension of the sutures is
critical. Specialist surgeons or those experienced in the technique should
be the first port of call.
Index:
05
Living with FeLV-Infected Cats
The ABC’s of Veterinary Dentistry –
11
M is for Malposition and Malocclusion
Artefacts in Radiographs – an Old Topic Digitally Revisited 16
Introduction to Direct Digital (DR) Imaging 22
Medical Management of Urinary Incontinence in Dogs 25
Surgical Procedures for Urethral Sphincter Mechanism
Incompetence in Bitches 30
Hepatic Lipidosis - Maximizing a Succesful Outcome 35
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