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Neonatology
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The study of newborn babies; neonates
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Gerontology
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The study of geriatric pets
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Neonatal Isoerythrolysis
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When kittens are incompatable with their mother's blood type
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Type A kittens born to type B queens, often have incompatability reactions to colostrum;
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Cleft palate
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when the L and the R side of the palate develop separately and then fuse together
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Open fontanelle
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open "soft spot"; happens in smaller breeds, especially Chihuahua's
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Pectus excavatum
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When the sternum grows into the thoracic cavity
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Fading puppy and kitten syndrome
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Characterized by anorexia, lethargy, emaciation, and death; can manifest in still born kittens, healthy kittens that fail; etc
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Causes; poor management, malnutrition, inappropriate environmental conditions, environmental toxins, congenital defects, pathogens
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Chronic Valvular Disease
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Thickening of the heart valves lead to murmurs, arrhythmias and or congestive heart failure
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common in small dogs
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Dilated Cardiomyopathy
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thinning of myocardium can cause arrhythmia, and or congestive heart failure
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common in large dogs
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Heart murmur
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an extra or unusual SOUND of the heart beat
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Congestive heart failure
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A weakness in the heart that causes a build up of fluid in other areas of the body
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Lymphoma
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cancer of the lymphatic system
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Sarcoma
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tumors that originate in bone, muscle or cartilage, fibrous tissue or fat
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Carcinoma
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tumors that arise in the tissues that line the body's organs; i.e epithelial
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80% of all cancer cases are carcinomas
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Leukemia
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cancers of the blood or blood-forming organs
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Polyuria
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increased urination
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Poly dispia
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Increased water intake
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cachexia
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similar to anorexia; wasting away, thin and amaciated
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Malaise
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GI upset, "doesn't feel well"
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Diabetes mellitus
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Condition of the pancreas where the body looses sensitivity ot insulin OR the body stops producing insulin
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Hyperadrenocorticism
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over production of glucorticoids
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i.i. cushings disease
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Hospice care
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supportive care (physically, emotionally); quality of life, not quantity of life
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Decubital ulcers
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"bed sores"
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should turn pet every 2 hrs; 4-6 is max
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Atelectasis
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when the alveoli of the lungs collapse on the lobe that is downward
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