Book description
Introducing the theoretical and practical basics of veterinary
neuropathology, this concise and well illustrated book is an essential
basic diagnostic guide for pathologists, neurologists and diagnostic
imaging specialists. It presents readers with strategies to deal with
neuropathological problems, showing how to interpret gross and
histological lesions using a systematic approach based on pattern
recognition.
It starts with an overview of the general principles of
neuroanatomy, neuropathological techniques, basic tissue reaction
patterns, and recognition of major lesion patterns. The book goes on
to cover vascular diseases, inflammatory diseases, trauma, congenital
malformations, metabolic-toxic diseases, neoplasia and degenerative
diseases mainly of the central nervous system. In the respective
chapters pathologists can quickly find information to support their
daily diagnostic workup for both small and large domestic species.
Based on the authors' extensive diagnostic and post graduate teaching
experience as well as the inclusion of MRI as it relates to
neuropathology, this book also offers a comprehensive but basic
analysis of veterinary neuropathology that neurologists and other MRI
users will find very useful.
• An essential manual for daily diagnostic work
• Richly
illustrated with high quality colour gross, histological and MRI
images
• Includes a section on the function and use of MRI (by
Johann Lang, DECVDI)
• Accompanied by a website presenting MRI
sequences for interpretation and correlation with neuropathological
findings edited by Johann Lang (University of Bern, Switzerland) and
Eric Wiesner (University of California, Davis, USA): www.
wiley. com/go/vandevelde/veterinaryneuropathology
Marc Vandevelde
Dr. med. vet., DECVN is a professor of neurology in the Division of
Neurological Sciences, Vetsuisse Faculty at the University of Bern, Switzerland.
Robert J. Higgins BVSc, MS, PhD, DACVP is a professor of
pathology in the Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology,
School of Veterinary Medicine, at the University of California Davis,
Davis, California, USA.
Anna Oevermann Dr. med. vet., DECVP is an associate professor
of neuropathology in the Division of Neurological Sciences , Vetsuisse
Faculty at the University of Bern, Switzerland.
