Publisher's Synopsis
This is the companion volume to Pharmacological Basis of Small Animal Medicine. It covers broad areas of endocrinology, fluid balance, gastroenterology, immunology and the respiratory system in a way which makes clear both the relevance of preclinical studies to clinical medicine and also the rationale upon which therapeutic procedures in clinical practice are based. The result is an authoritative and interesting account of small animal physiology which, together with its companion volume, provides a coordinated review for all those concerned with small animal medicine
