BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Endocrinology, Fourth Edition

by Carmel T. Mooney (Editor), Mark Peterson (Editor)

Since publication of the third edition in 2004 there have beenimportant advances. Several endocrine disorders, such as felineacromegaly and hyperaldosteronism, have risen in importance. Theuse of diet and novel insulins in diabetic cats, and new drugs suchas trilostane and methimazole, which were briefly mentioned inprevious editions are now considered routine. In addition, thegenetic risks associated with many disorders have beenelucidated.

• A new chapter presents the principles of interpretingendocrine test results and discusses how test performance isassessed in relation to diagnostic confidence.
• The central section on glands and their diseases ispresented in a standard format – detailing physiology, aetiology,clinical features, diagnosis and treatment - to aid informationretrieval.
• The final section has been rewritten to focus on solvingclinical and clinicopathological abnormalities with an endocrinedimension.

About the Author
Carmel T. Mooney MVB MPhil PhD DipECVIM-CA MRCVS
Carmel is a University College Dublin graduate who spent severalyears in Scotland where she completed both MPhil (The University ofEdinburgh) and PhD (The University of Glasgow) theses on felinehyperthyroidism. Following this she returned to UCD where she iscurrently Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Internal Medicine. Carmelobtained the European Diploma in Veterinary Internal Medicine(Companion Animals) in 1998 and is also an RCVS RecognizedSpecialist in Small Animal Medicine (Endocrinology), awarded inrecognition of her clinical and research work. She is a PastPresident of the BSAVA (2005-2006) and was founding Secretary ofthe European Society of Veterinary Endocrinology.

Mark E. Peterson DVM DipACVIM
Mark graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1976, moved toNYC to do an internship and medical residency at The Animal MedicalCenter, and then completed a post-doctoral fellowship inendocrinology and nuclear medicine at The New YorkHospital–Cornell Medical Center and the AMC, staying on there forover 30 years. In 2009 Mark opened the Animal Endocrine Clinic, aspecialty referral hospital. Mark's clinical and research effortshave mainly been directed toward advancing the understanding ofcanine and feline endocrine disorders, especially diabetes mellitusand thyroid and adrenal disease. He has published more than 450journal articles, book chapters and research abstracts, and is afrequent speaker at veterinary colleges and scientificseminars.