Synopses & Reviews
As more is learned about the pathophysiology of osteoarthritis, we are also becoming more aware of how to implement treatments. Multimodal Management of Canine Osteoarthritis takes an evidence-based approach to the canine patient with osteoarthritis, pursuing the objective of the best available medicine by a variety of means - multiple drugs, agents, adjuncts and delivery methods.
Appreciating that surgical intervention may initially be required, particularly for stabilizing a joint, the major focus in this work is the conservative management of osteoarthritis. A clear and visual approach is taken with the overlapping of two three-pointed triangles of management: medical and non-medical. Medical management includes NSAIDs, chondroprotectant and adjunct; while the non-medical management includes weight control/exercise, EPA-rich diet and physical rehabilitation. Each of these approaches has been independently shown to be effective, and while there are no published works on their collective synergism, the multimodal concept is intuitive.
Review
A useful addition to the library of any veterinary health-care professional. The subject is extremely timely and rarely discussed as a specific topic in other texts...it is a text that would be read from beginning to end as a summary and update on recent methods for managing osteoarthritis in dogs.--Journal of the American Veterinary Medical AssociationA beautifully presented.. compact, concise and very well illustrated guide... has a great evidence base with an excellent list of references... a very useful resource for practitioners and researchers... easy to read and can be dipped into as a reference, although the reading is compelling in that it really invites the reader to explore the subject broadly and in depth... well researched... provides a concise resource of the current state of the art. I would recommend this book for small animal practitioners, researchers and students of the RCVS Cert/WP.--Dr Paul R Manning, Veterinary Practice, 1 September 2010Should have nearly universal appeal to practicing small animal veterinarians... This book is short, well presented and easy to read... it provides a good review of the subject.--Dylan Clements, Veterinary Record, 7 August 2010The multimodal approach is predicated on the benefit an animal, afflicted with OA and already receiving an NSAID, would derive from additional non-medical therapies... This book will allow veterinarians to incorporate some or all of these therapeutic agents into a programme that suits their own practice.--Andrew Worth, Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Surgery, Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand, New Zealand Veterinary Journal, 1 October 2010
About the Author
University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA