Full Description
Laboratory Animal Medicine has made enor We deeply appreciate the efforts of each of the mous strides in the 47 years since R. Jaffe published authors and co-authors of the 23 chapters in this his "Anatomy and Pathology of Spontaneous Dis two volume work. In some instances the reader will eases of Small Laboratory Animals" in 1931. So note what appears to be repetition in certain chap ters. This repetition was allowed to stand in some much new information had accumulated that in a cases because different approaches seemed useful, new edition in 1958, Jaffe, aided by Cohrs and Meessen, needed the assistance of 46 colleagues to although efforts were made to delete most of the do the subject justice. Like its predecessor, this two redundancy which inevitably arises in a venture of volume comprehensive treatise on "Pathologie der this kind. We will be grateful if our colleagues point out errors and send us specific and general Laboratoriumstiere" was written in German and criticism of this work to allow corrections in the thus not readily available to the widening circle of event of reprinting or a next edition. veterinarians and pathologists who now are inter One objective has been to assemble current in ested in laboratory animals. Aside from the need to have a comprehensive formation in the pathologic aspects of diseases of review of laboratory animal pathology in English, laboratory animals.
Contents
1 The Cardiovascular System.- Heart.- 2 The Respiratory System.- Normal Anatomy, Histology, and Ultrastructure.- Viral Diseases.- Herpesviruses.- Feline Picornavirus.- Reovirus Infection.- Feline Pneumonitis.- Pneumonia Virus of Mice.- Sendai Virus Infection.- K Virus of Mice.- Rat Coronavirus.- Mycoplasma Diseases.- Bacterial Diseases and Agents.- Mycotic Diseases.- Protozoan Diseases.- Miscellaneous Disorders of the Respiratory System.- Parasites.- Neoplasms.- References.- 3 The Urinary System.- Glomerulonephritis.- Interstitial Nephritis.- Suppurative Nephritis and Pyelonephritis.- Parasitic Nephritis.- Progressive Renal Disease in Rats (Glomerulonephrosis).- Nephropathy in Mice.- Nephrosis.- Renal Amyloidosis.- Vascular Lesions.- Renal Calcification (Mineralization).- Nonviral Cellular Inclusions in the Urinary Tract.- Pigment Deposition in the Urinary Tract.- Urolithiasis.- Cystitis.- Congenital Malformations.- Uremia.- References.- 4 The Digestive System.- Oral Cavity.- Salivary Glands.- Esophagus.- Stomach.- Small Intestine.- Large Intestine.- Liver.- Biliary System.- Avian Bursa Fabricius.- Pancreas.- Abdominal Cavity and Peritoneum.- References.- 5 The Nervous System.- Viral Infections.- References.- 6 The Endocrine System.- Pituitary.- Adrenal.- Thyroid.- Parathyroids.- Ultimobranchial Gland and Thyroid C-Cells.- Disorders of Parathyroid Glands.- Primary Hyperparathyroidism.- Pseudohyperparathyroidism.- Disorders of Thyroid C-Cells.- References.- 7 The Reproductive Tract.- Embryology.- Ovary.- Oviducts.- Uterus.- Vagina, Clitoris, and Vulva.- References.- 8 Diseases of Skin.- Structure and Function.- Reaction to Injury.- Tumors of Skin.- Mesenchymal Tumors.- Fatty Tissue Tumors.- Vascular Tissue Tumors.- Lymphoid Tumors.- Tumors of Unclassified Cells.- Melanogenic Tumors.- Endocrine Dermatosis.- Parasitic Diseases.- References.- 9 Special Senses.- Diseases of the Ear.- References.- Pathology of the Eye.- Comparative Pathology of Ocular Tumors.- References.- 10 The Musculoskeletal System.- Bones.- Disorders of Individual Epiphyses and Apophyses.- Bone Necrosis (Osteosis).- Inflammatory Bone Disease.- Joints, Bursae, and Tendon Sheaths.- General References.- References.- Muscle Diseases.- References.- 11 Hematologic Disorders.- The Evaluation of the Hemic System.- The Rabbit.- The Hamster.- The Guinea Pig.- The Cat.- The Erythrocyte.- The Leukocyte.- Sources of Variation in Normal Values.- The Bone Marrow.- The Dog.- Diseases of the Erythron.- Hypochromic Anemias.- Hemolytic Anemias.- Miscellaneous Disorders.- Infectious Diseases of the Erythron.- References.
