EDITOR / INDEX
Editor’s Note
Lots of emergency tips in this
edition.
Quick techniques using
ultrasonography which doesn’t require
moving the patient around - rather
bringing the ultrasound to the bedside
than taking the patient to radiography.
Additionally a nice few case studies for
the dentistry article which show just
how aesthetic the results of some quite
dramatic maxillary and mandibular
resections can be.
Also included is an article on salivary gland function -
which is quite detailed on the neuroanatomy, but is quite
informative if you persist. As an add-on to this article I have
included two short papers on salivary gland enlargement
and sialoadenosis with hypersialosis as a secondary
condition, especially as a result of canine spirocecosis as
well as phenobarbitone responsive hypersialosis (limbic
epilepsy).
I frequently see these cases as second or third opinions
where the diagnosis has been missed. The presentation
is really typical, as described in the articles, and is a
dysphagia rather than a nausea, which these patients are
usually treated for, and the correct treatment is really
rapidly effective.
Index:
Maximising Histopathology in
Oncology Patients 04
AFAST 3 for You and Me 10
6 Mistakes to Avoid in the Veterinary ER 13
The Use of Allergy Serology and Allergen Specific
Immunotherapy (ASIT) in the Management of
Canine Atopic Dermatitis 15
Salivation Abnormalities of Neurogenic Origin 20
Phenobarbitone Responsive Sialoadenosis 24
The ABCs of Veterinary Dentistry: "O" is
for Oral Masses of the Malignant Kind 27
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