Diagnosis of Lameness in Dogs

Master the Diagnosis of Lameness in Dogs: Your Step-by-Step Guide

Diagnosis of Lameness in Dogs provides general practice vets with a practical, step-by-step guide to performing the orthopedic diagnostic exam, including basic and advanced diagnostic imaging. With a focus on diagnostics, this book helps you arrive at a correct diagnosis and provides guidance on when to refer, and perhaps more critically, when not to refer.

Key Features

• Comprehensive Diagnostics: It provides a systematic approach to the examination, ensuring that multiple problems are not missed. The book also covers advanced techniques such as CT, MRI, ultrasound, and arthroscopy.
• Urgent Care: It includes information on immediate steps to provide urgent care to severely traumatized dogs with hemorrhaging wounds and unstable/open fractures.
• Differential Diagnosis: It covers systemic conditions, neurological disorders, and oncologic diseases that need to be ruled out before arriving at a diagnosis of the problem.
• Anatomical Focus: It includes specific conditions and diagnostic procedures for the thoracic and pelvic limbs, including bone disease, carpal/distal joints, the elbow joint, the shoulder joint, the stifle joint, and the hipar joint.
• Extensive Visuals: More than 600 color images depicting the procedures are included throughout the text, and a companion website provides video clips of specific lameness conditions to aid in reader comprehension and information retention.
• Target Audience: This book is a highly useful resource for veterinarians and students interested in improving their orthopedic diagnostic skills.