
By Salvador Cervantes Sala
Diseases of Senior Cats and Dogs: Diagnosis and Therapy, 2nd Edition covers geriatric medicine of dogs and cats, and provides readers, whether veterinary surgeons or students approaching the end of their veterinary medicine degree, with a different approach to clinically useful information on. All chapters have been rigorously reviewed and updated, with a particular emphasis on pharmacological protocols and dosages and new therapies. An entire new chapter on endocrine problems in senior pets has been added.

Table of Contents
- Ageing in small animals Ageing in numbers
- Nutrition in elderly patients Assessing the nutritional status of geriatric patients
- Pharmacological treatment of geriatric patients
- Anaesthesia in elderly patients
- Environmental enrichment for cats and dogs
- Chronic pain. Arthrosis Introduction. Definitions and basic concepts Pathophysiology of pain Identifying pain
- Orodental problems in elderly animals Considerations before starting The orodental exam
- Chronic kidney disease Definition and prevalence Renal physiology
- Liver problems in geriatric patients
- Endocrine problems in senior patients
- Reproductive diseases in senior patients
- Senior cardiovascular disease
- Most frequent neurological problems in senior patients
- Health plans in senior animals
- Bibliography