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Contributors Jonathan A. Abbott, DVM, Diplomate ACVIM (Cardiology) Associate Professor Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences Virginia Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia Charles W. Brockus, DVM, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Veterinary Pathology College of Veterinary Medicine Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Clay A. Calvert, DVM, Diplomate ACVIM Professor Department of Small Animal Medicine College of Veterinary Medicine University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia Anthony P. Carr, Dr. med. vet., Diplomate ACVIM Associate Professor Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences Western College of Veterinary Medicine University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada John Crandell, DVM Internist Akron Veterinary Referral and Emergency Center Akron, Ohio Mala Erickson, DVM, MVSc Monterey Peninsula Veterinary Emergency & Specialty Center Monterey, California Leslie E. Fox, DVM, MS Associate Professor Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa v
David Clark Grant, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVIM (Internal Medicine) Assistant Professor Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences Virginia Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia Karen Dyer Inzana, DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVIM (Neurology) Professor, Section Chief Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences Virginia Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia Catherine Kasai, DVM Internal Medicine Resident Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Robert R. King, DVM, PhD Senior Clinician Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Dawn D. Kingsbury, DVM Internal Medicine Resident Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Jo Ann Morrison, DVM Clinician Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Astrid Nielssen, DVM, Diplomate ACVIM Canada West Veterinary Specialists and Critical Care Hospital Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada David L. Panciera, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVIM (Internal Medicine) Professor Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia vi Contributors
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