Small Animal Ophthalmology - (What's Your Diagnosis?) by Heidi Featherstone & Elaine Holt (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Small Animal Ophthalmology: What's Your Diagnosis? is one of the first books in an exciting new series that combines problem-based learning, case studies, and questions and answers. Designed specifically for veterinarians and students, the series aims to present material in a format to enhance critical thinking and understanding.

Adopting a case-based approach, chapters are built around common ophthalmic presentations and are directed by questions to test the reader's ability to interpret clinical history, ophthalmic photographs and diagnostic results in order to provide differential diagnoses, diagnostic plans and treatment options.

For veterinary students, this book is an ideal guide to how ophthalmology cases are handled in the clinical setting. For veterinary practitioners, it is an innovative and interesting way to increase their knowledge and skills in clinical ophthalmology.

From the Back Cover

What's Your Diagnosis? is a book series which covers key disciplines within veterinary medicine. Problem-based learning follows a comprehensive question and answer format. Clinical cases are extensively illustrated and guide the reader through a logical and practical approach to the interpretation of clinical signs, differential diagnoses and management options.

Small Animal Ophthalmology: What's Your Diagnosis? covers a wide spectrum of ophthalmic conditions in the dog and the cat, ranging from ocular discharge to sudden onset blindness. Excellent illustrations depict each case and facilitate the accurate description and interpretation of ocular lesions - this essential skill enables the clinician to format an appropriate diagnostic and treatment plan. Step-by-step photographs are commonly used to illustrate diagnostic techniques and clinical outcome.

This book provides both fundamental and detailed information that will be invaluable for general practitioners and veterinary students, as well as those with a special interest in veterinary ophthalmology.

Review Quotes

"The main strengths of this book are its user-friendly nature and the extensive photo-documentation and comprehensive narrative provided for each case study, which also makes it unique among veterinary ophthaimology textbooks." (Veterinary Times, 25 June 2012)

"This small, fresh ophthalmology handbook is a new addition to the What's your Diagnosis? book series, published by Wiley-Blackwell.... It is altogether thoughtfully done and wholly relevant to all those practicing in the UK and further afield." (Journal of Small Animal Practice, 1 November 2012)

"It is altogether thoughtfully done and wholly relevant to all those practicing in the UK and further afield." (Journal of Small Animal Medicine, 2012)

"Basic information on common and uncommon eye conditions enables clinicians to develop appropriate diagnostic and treatment plans and step-by-step photos make this a top technical recommendation suitable for any clinic or vet's collection!." (The Midwest Book Review, 1 November 2011)

About the Author

Heidi Featherstone obtained her veterinary degree at the Royal Veterinary College in 1991 and completed a residency in veterinary ophthalmology at the Animal Health Trust. She became a Diplomate of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2001 and a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists in 2005. Heidi works in a team of ophthalmologists at a multi-specialty hospital in West Midlands, UK.

Elaine Holt obtained her veterinary degree at the University of Illinois and completed a residency in veterinary ophthalmology at the University of California Davis. She became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists in 2001 and a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists in 2006. She was a lecturer at the school of veterinary medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and then at the Royal Veterinary College before joining the North Downs Specialist Referrals, a multi-specialty hospital in Surrey, UK.