Blackwell""s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult Clinical Companion: Small Animal Gastrointestinal Diseases offers a highly accessible resource for the most common and not-so common diseases of the gastrointestinal system, pancreas, liver, and gallbladder in small animals.

- Covers diseases and disorders of the oral cavity and salivary glands, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, colon, anus and perianal region, pancreas, liver, and gall bladder
- Provides a comprehensive yet concise reference to gastrointestinal and hepatologic diseases encountered in daily veterinary practice
- Presents the most important information for each disease in a highly accessible format
- Depicts the clinical conditions discussed with helpful color photographs

CONTENTS:
Section I Clinical Signs of Gastrointestinal Disease
Chapter 1. Acute Abdomen
Chapter 2. Constipation and Obstipation
Chapter 3. Diarrhea, Acute
Chapter 4. Diarrhea, Chronic - Canine
Chapter 5. Diarrhea, Chronic - Feline
Chapter 6. Dyschezia and Tenesmus
Chapter 7. Dysphagia
Chapter 8. Flatulence
Chapter 9. Hematemesis
Chapter 10. Hematochezia
Chapter 11. Melena
Chapter 12. Nutritional Approach to Acute Vomiting and Diarrhea
Chapter 13. Ptyalism
Chapter 14. Rectal and Anal Prolapse
Chapter 15. Regurgitation
Chapter 16. Vomiting, Acute
Chapter 17. Vomiting, Chronic
Section II Diseases of the Oral Cavity
Chapter 18. Craniomandibular Osteopathy
Chapter 19. Feline Eosinophilic Dermatitis
Chapter 20. Oral Neoplasia, Benign
Chapter 21. Oral Neoplasia, Malignant
Chapter 22. Phenobarbital-Responsive Sialadenosis
Chapter 23. Sialadenitis
Chapter 24. Salivary Mucocele
Chapter 25. Stomatitis
Chapter 26. Stomatitis, Caudal - Feline
Section III Diseases of the Esophagus
Chapter 27. Cricopharyngeal Achalasia
Chapter 28. Gastroesophageal Diverticula
Chapter 29. Esophageal Fistula
Chapter 30. Esophageal Foreign Bodies
Chapter 31. Esophageal Neoplasia
Chapter 32. Esophageal Stricture
Chapter 33. Esophagitis
Chapter 34. Hiatal Hernia
Chapter 35. Megaesophagus
Chapter 36. Nutritional Approach to Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and Megaesophagus
Chapter 37. Spirocerca lupi
Section IV Diseases of the Stomach
Chapter 38. Gastric and Intestinal Motility Disorders
Chapter 39. Gastric Dilation-Volvulus
Chapter 40. Gastric Neoplasia, Benign
Chapter 41. Gastric Neoplasia, Malignant
Chapter 42. Gastric Parasites
Chapter 43. Gastritis, Acute
Chapter 44. Gastritis, Atrophic
Chapter 45. Gastritis, Chronic
Chapter 46. Gastroduodenal Ulceration/Erosion
Chapter 47. Gastroesophageal Reflux
Chapter 48. Helicobacter-Associated Gastritis
Chapter 49. Hypertrophic Pyloric Gastropathy, Chronic
Section V Diseases of the Intestines
Chapter 50. Bilious Vomiting Syndrome
Chapter 51. Canine Parvovirus Infection
Chapter 52. Cobalamin Deficiency
Chapter 53. Cryptosporidiosis
Chapter 54. Diarrhea, Antibiotic Responsive
Chapter 55. Enteritis, Bacterial
Chapter 56. Enterocolitis, Granulomatous
Chapter 57. Feline Viral Enterides
Chapter 58. Food Reactions (Gastrointestinal), Adverse
Chapter 59. Fungal Enteritides
Chapter 60. Gastroenteritis, Eosinophilic
Chapter 61. Gastroenteritis, Hemorrhagic
Chapter 62. Gastroenteritis, Lymphocytic-Plasmacytic
Chapter 63. Gastrointestinal Obstruction
Chapter 64. Gastrointestinal Lymphoma, Canine
Chapter 65. Gastrointestinal Lymphoma, Feline
Chapter 66. Giardiasis
Chapter 67. Gluten-Sensitive Enteropathy in Irish Setters
Chapter 68. Immunoproliferative Enteropathy of Basenjis
Chapter 69. Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Chapter 70. Intestinal Dysbiosis
Chapter 71. Intestinal Neoplasia, Benign
Chapter 72. Intestinal Neoplasia, Malignant
Chapter 73. Intussusception
Chapter 74. Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Chapter 75. Lymphangiectasia
Chapter 76. Nutritional Approach to Chronic Enteropathies
Chapter 77. Parasites, Gastrointestinal
Chapter 78. Protein-Losing Enteropathy
Chapter 79. Salmon Poisoning Disease
Chapter 80. Short Bowel Syndrome
Section VI Diseases of the Colon
Chapter 81. Atresia Ani
Chapter 82. Clostridial Enterotoxicosis
Chapter 83. Colitis and Proctitis
Chapter 84. Colitis, Histiocytic Ulcerative
Chapter 85. Colonic Neoplasia, Benign
Chapter 86. Colonic Neoplasia, Malignant
Chapter 87. Fiber-Responsive Large Bowel Diarrhea
Chapter 88. Megacolon
Chapter 89. Perianal Fistula
Chapter 90. Perineal Hernia
Chapter 91. Rectal Stricture
Chapter 92. Rectoanal Polyps
Chapter 93. Trichomoniasis
Section VII Diseases of the Pancreas
Chapter 94. Nutritional Approach to Exocrine Pancreas Disease
Chapter 95. Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency
Chapter 96. Pancreatic Abscess
Chapter 97. Pancreatic Neoplasia
Chapter 98. Pancreatic Nodular Hyperplasia
Chapter 99. Pancreatic Parasites
Chapter 100. Pancreatic Pseudocyst
Chapter 101. Pancreatitis, Canine
Chapter 102. Pancreatitis, Feline
Section VIII Clinical Signs of Hepatobiliary Disease
Chapter 103. Icterus
Chapter 104. Coagulopathy of Liver Disease
Section IX Diseases of the Liver
Chapter 105. Arteriovenous Malformation of the Liver
Chapter 106. Cholangitis/Cholangiohepatitis Syndrome
Chapter 107. Cholangitis, Destructive
Chapter 108. Cirrhosis and Fibrosis of the Liver
Chapter 109. Copper-Associated Hepatopathy
Chapter 110. Ductal Plate Malformation
Chapter 111. Glycogen Storage Disease
Chapter 112. Glycogen-Type Vacuolar Hepatopathy
Chapter 113. Hepatic Amyloid
Chapter 114. Hepatic Encephalopathy
Chapter 115. Hepatic Failure, Acute
Chapter 116. Hepatic Lipidosis
Chapter 117. Hepatic Neoplasia, Benign
Chapter 118. Hepatic Neoplasia, Malignant
Chapter 119. Hepatic Nodular Hyperplasia and Dysplastic Hyperplasia
Chapter 120. Hepatitis, Chronic
Chapter 121. Hepatitis, Granulomatous
Chapter 122. Hepatitis, Infectious (Viral) Canine
Chapter 123. Hepatitis, Lobular Dissecting
Chapter 124. Hepatitis, Nonspecific, Reactive
Chapter 125. Hepatitis, Suppurative and Hepatic Abscess
Chapter 126. Hepatopathy, Hyperthyroidism - Feline
Chapter 127. Hepatopathy, Infectious
Chapter 128. Hepatoportal Microvascular Dysplasia
Chapter 129. Hepatotoxins
Chapter 130. Hypertension, Portal
Chapter 131. Leptospirosis
Chapter 132. Nutritional Approach to Hepatobiliary Diseases
Chapter 133. Portosystemic Shunting, Acquired
Chapter 134. Portosystemic Vascular Anomaly, Congenital
Section X Diseases of the Biliary Tract
Chapter 135. Bile Duct Obstruction (Extrahepatic)
Chapter 136. Biliary Duct or Gallbladder Rupture and Bile Peritonitis
Chapter 137. Biliary Neoplasia
Chapter 138. Cholecystitis and Choledochitis
Chapter 139. Cholecystitis, Emphysematous
Chapter 140. Cholelithiasis
Chapter 141. Gallbladder Mucocele