Introduction to Veterinary Pathology, Third Edition, is constructed for the beginning student in veterinary pathology, to introduce new scientific information on mechanisms of general tissue injury into the language of medicine. The basic concepts of pathology are integrated into clinical medicine. Chapters on cellular degeneration and necrosis, inflammation, thrombosis, hemodynamic disorders, and neoplasia have been reconstructed to include the latest in new scientific information and color illustrations of gross pathology. The revised 3rd edition also includes new chapters on:


· Infectious Diseases
· Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases
· Ecosystems and Environmental Pathology
· Forensic Pathology and Bioterrorism

CONTENTS: Preface
Introduction

1. Overview: Injury, Death and Adaptive Responses
The Language of Pathology
The Diagnosis
Necrosis
Adaptive Responses to Injury and Altered Stimulation
Pathologists at Work


2. Cell Death and Cell Recovery
Necrosis: Morphology and Mechanisms
Apoptosis: Programmed Cell Death
Cell Protection and Recovery


3. Cellular Responses to Sublethal Injury
Metabolite Overload
Protein Aggregation Disorders
Amyloid
Calcification
Pigments
Crystals
Connective Tissue Substances

4. Inflammation
Overview
Clinical Signs and Lesions
Pathogenesis of Acute Inflammation
Systemic Signs of Acute Inflammation
Chemical Mediators of Inflammation
Chronic Inflammation

5. Repair: Wound Healing and Regeneration
Repair
Angiogenesis
Fibrosis
Epithelialization
Regeneration

6. Hemostasis and Thrombosis
Overview
Prevention of Coagulation by Normal Endothelium
Platelet Aggregation
Blood Coagulation
Thrombosis

7. Hemodynamic Disorders
Cardiovascular Disease and its Consequences
Edema
Hemorrhage
Shock
Infarction
Embolism
Collateral and Compensatory Circulation
Vascular Shunts and Fistulae
Lymphatic Blockage
Ischemia

8. Neoplasia:Characterizing the Neoplasm
Overview
Benign vs Malignant
Making the Correct Diagnosis


9. Spread, Host Responses, and Genetics of Cancer
The Spread of Neoplasms
Clinical Effects of Neoplasms
Restraint of Neoplastic Growth
The Genetic Basis of Cancer
The Cancer Cell


10. Causes of Cancer
Chemical Carcinogenesis
Viral Oncogenesis
Physical Agents Associated with Neoplasms


11. Immunologic Disorders
Disorders from Reduced Innate Immunity
Defects in Adaptive Immunity
Hypersensitivity Disease
Autoimmune Disease


12. Genetic Disorders and Teratology
Overview
Mutant Genes of Large Effect (Mendelian Disorders)
Multifactoral (Polygenic) Inheritance Disorders
Chromosomal Disorders
Teratology


13. Infectious Diseases
Prions
Viral Diseases
Bacterial Diseases
Fungal and Algal Diseases
Pathology of Parasitism


14. Nutritional and Metabolic Disease
Nutritional Diseases
Metabolic Diseases
Aging


15. Ecosystems and Forensic Pathology
Airborne Pollutants: inhalation toxicity
Environmental Pollutants
Aquatic Ecosystems
Agricultural Hazards
Wildlife Ecosystems: free ranging animals


16. Forensic Pathology
Forensic Science
Bioterrorism


Index