Introduction to Veterinary Pathology, Third Edition is a basic introduction to veterinary pathology, and introduces new scientific information on mechanisms of general tissue injury into the language of medicine. The basic concepts of pathology are integrated into clinical medicine.

Chapters on cellular degeneration and necrosis, inflammation, thrombosis, hemodynamic disorders, and neoplasia have been reconstructed to include the latest in new scientific information and color illustrations of gross pathology.

The revised 3rd edition also includes new chapters on:

• Infectious Diseases
• Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases
• Ecosystems and Environmental Pathology
• Forensic Pathology and Bioterrorism

Special Features:

• Third edition of a classic text of veterinary pathology
• New color section
• Board review of each chapter resulting in error free, consistent text
• Focus sections that highlight important material
• Clear, easily understood descriptions and explanations

Contents

1. Overview: injuyr, death, and adaptive responses
2. Cell death and cell recovery
3. Cellular responses to sublethal injury
4. Inflammation
5. Repair: wound healing and regeneration
6. Hemostasis and thrombosis
7. Hemodynamic disorders
8. Neoplasia: characterizing the neoplasm
9. Spread, host responses, and genetics of cancer
10. Causes of cancer
11. Immunologic disorders
12. Genetic disorders and teratology
13. Infectious diseases
14. Nutritional and metabolic disease
15. Ecosystem health and environmental pathology
16. Forensic pathology

Index

Also available: Introduction to Veterinary Pathology CD-ROM

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