Disorders of the Liver, Exocrine Pancreas, and Gastrointestinal Tract in Dogs and Cats

Harry Cridge, MVB, MS, PG Cert Vet Ed, DACVIM (SAIM), DECVIM-CA, FHEA, MRCVS, is an Associate Professor of Small Animal Internal Medicine at Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine in East Lansing, Michigan, USA.Aarti Kathrani, BVetMed (Hons), PhD, DACVIM (SAIM, Nutrition), FHEA, FRCVS, is an Associate Professor of Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine & Nutrition at Royal Veterinary College in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK.Andrea N. Johnston, DVM, DACVIM (SAIM), PhD, is an Associate Professor of Small Animal Internal Medicine at Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine in East Lansing, Michigan, USA.

• List of Contributors xxvPreface xxxiiiList of Abbreviations xxxvAbout the Companion Website xxxix1 Liver Enzymes and Liver Function Testing 1Nick Bexfield2 Diagnostic Imaging of the Hepatobiliary System 6Angela Marolf3 Hepatic Cytology 12Shannon D. Dehghanpir4 Histopathology of the Liver 18Rebecca Smedley5 Other Liver Diagnostic Tests 27Agostino Buono6 Congenital Portosystemic Shunts 33Mandy L. Wallace7 Microvascular Dysplasia/Portal Vein Hypoplasia 42Andrew Kent8 Hepatic Encephalopathy 47Mickey Tivers and Vicky Lipscomb9 Portal Hypertension and Acquired Portosystemic Shunts 56Joshua Sparago and Andrea N. Johnston10 Ductal Plate Malformations 64Sarah Shropshire11 Acute Liver Injury 70Jessica Kerley and Vincent Thawley12 Chronic Hepatitis 79Jonathan A. Lidbury13 Copper-associated Hepatopathy 89Daniel K. Langlois14 Hepatocutaneous Syndrome Rommaneeya 96Leela-arporn and Cynthia R. L. Webster15 Vacuolar Hepatopathy 103Sharon A. Center and Andrea N. Johnston16 Infectious Biliary Tract and Gallbladder Disease 110Emma J. O'Neill17 Gallbladder Mucoceles 128Jared A. Jaffey18 Other Non-infectious Biliary Tract and Gallbladder Diseases 133Frederik William Scott Allan19 Hepatobiliary Neoplasia 140Autumn Dutelle20 Nutritional Management of Common Hepatobiliary Disorders 148Jonathan Stockman21 Laboratory Assessment of the Exocrine Pancreas 161Sue Yee Lim and Jörg Steiner22 Diagnostic Imaging of the Exocrine Pancreas 171Angela Marolf23 Cytology of the Exocrine Pancreas 178Francisco O. Conrado and Leslie C. Sharkey24 Histopathology of the Exocrine Pancreas 185Victoria Watson, DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVP25 Acute Pancreatitis in Dogs 192Harry Cridge26 Chronic Pancreatitis in Dogs 199Penny Watson27 Pancreatitis Complications 204Melissa Bucknoff28 Pancreatitis in Cats 208Betty Chow and Marnin Forman29 Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency in Dogs 215Patrick C. Barko and David A. Williams30 Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency in Cats 225Panagiotis G. Xenoulis31 Neoplasia and Uncommon Disorders of the Exocrine Pancreas 233Sue Yee Lim32 Nutritional Management of Exocrine Pancreatic Disorders 239Cecilia Villaverde33 Laboratory Assessment of the Gastrointestinal Tract 249Romy M. Heilmann34 Diagnostic Imaging of the Gastrointestinal Tract 259Eimear Shorten and Séamus Hoey35 Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 277Edward Hall36 Cytology and Histopathology of the Gastrointestinal Tract (Dogs and Cats) 290Simon L. Priestnall and Alejandro Suárez-Bonnet37 Diseases of the Oral Cavity, Oropharynx, and Salivary Glands 298Sarah Tayler38 Aerodigestive Disorders 314Beatrice Ruggerone and Fabio Procoli39a Disorders of the Esophagus – Megaesophagus 323Jillian M. Haines39b Disorders of the Esophagus (Excluding Megaesophagus) 331Dan Batchelor40 Disorders of the Stomach 347Julien R.S. Dandrieux and Silke Salavati Schmitz41 Disorders of the Small Intestine 365Sara Jablonski42 Disorders of the Large Intestine and Rectum 390Alison C. Manchester and Yuvani Bandara43 Disorders of the Anus and Perianal Skin 410Sarah Long and Anke Hendricks44 Microbiome, Metabolome, and its Relationship to Gastrointestinal Disease 420Bruna Correa Lopes and Rachel Pilla45 Nutritional Management of Common Gastrointestinal Disorders 432Dr. Aarti KathraniIndex 443