Crow and Walshaw's Manual of Clinical Procedures in Dogs, Cats, Rabbits and Rodents

Jennifer Boyle

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Year: 2016
• ISBN:
  9781118985724
• Edition: 4
• Topic: Médecine
• Subtopic: Médecine vétérinaire

Crow & Walshaw's Manual of Clinical Procedures in Dogs, Cats, Rabbits, & Rodents, Fourth Edition provides practical, up-to-date information on common veterinary procedures for gerbils, hamsters, guinea pigs, dogs, cats and rabbits with detailed line drawings and photographs that demonstrate not only pertinent anatomical relationships, but also operational motions.

• A classic veterinary clinical manual
• Provides practical, up-to-date information on common veterinary procedures
• Detailed line drawings and photographs demonstrate pertinent anatomical relationships and operational motions
• Companion website offering interactive multiple choice questions and answers, and images from the text in PowerPoint

Part I
Routine Clinical Procedures

The procedures described in this section are those commonly performed in small animal practices or laboratory animal facilities. Busy veterinary practitioners are likely to employ these techniques one or more times daily. Proficiency in these procedures will allow veterinarians and technicians to perform their duties more efficiently.

Many readers will have considerable experience with these routine procedures; however, attention to indications, contraindications, and preparations should help even the most experienced clinician to select and apply these techniques more appropriately.

Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.

FRANKLIN P JONES

Chapter 1
Restraint of Dogs and Cats

Don’t be impatient with your patients.

CARL OSBORNE

Restraint is the restriction of an animal’s activity by verbal, physical, or pharmacologic means so that the animal is prevented from injuring itself or others.

NOTE: Restraining a dog or cat forcibly is dangerous to both the handler and the animal. Most privately owned dogs and cats can be handled safely and humanely with gentle and minimal physical restraint; however, we strongly recommend the use of pharmacologic agents to assist in proper restraint for:

• procedures that are painful
• procedures that require holding an animal in a position that compromises its respiration
• severely frightened or aggressive animals

Purposes

1. 1. To facilitate physical examination, including ophthalmic and rectal examinations
2. 2. To administer oral, injectable, and topical materials
3. 3. To apply bandages
4. 4. To perform certain procedures (e.g. urinary catheterization)
5. 5. To prevent self-mutilation (Elizabethan collar)

Complications

1. 1. Dyspnea
2. 2. Hyperthermia
3. 3. Tissue trauma (e.g. muscle strain)
4. 4. Stress

Equipment Needed

• Strips of gauze or cloth, 100–150 cm in length, 2–5 cm in width; or commercially available nylon or plastic muzzles
• Elizabethan collar of appropriate size

VERBAL RESTRAINT

Procedure

Technical Action	Rationale/Amplification
1. In general, begin with the least severe restraint technique and proceed to more severe methods if necessary.	1. The amount of restraint needed will depend on the environment, the animal’s behavior, and the degree of discomfort caused by the procedure.
2. Speak to the dog or cat when approaching it.	2. Speaking to the animal initially in a calm, soothing voice helps to prevent startling it. This is especially important if the animal is blind or is looking in another direction.
3. Use the animal’s name.	3. Pet animals are usually conditioned to respond to their names.
4. If necessary, speak firmly to th...