This book will be paramount in precise comprehension of the basic concepts of General Veterinary Pathology for the students of Veterinary Pathology in B.V.Sc & AH. The various chapters of this book takes in its ambit all the important topics of General Veterinary Pathology in a very explicit way so that an Undergraduate student has a clear concept of pathology in better understanding the pathogenesis and pathology of various infectious diseases at a later stage in other courses. The book encompasses and explains the concept of disease starting from the initial stage of cell injury, different conditions/etiologies which lead to cell injury and resultantly other biochemical and/or pathological changes occurring in body. It also explains the various hemodynamic disturbances taking place in the body. Inflammation has also been explained in a very simple and sequential manner to decipher the basic concept(s) of the student. The book will help to understand the basic concept of how the different alterations occur in the body of the animals in case of health and disease. The basic concepts have been demonstrated with the help of various illustration(s), flow diagrams and coloured macro and micro photographs. We are hopeful that the students will gain immensely by reading this book.
Dr. Nittin Dev Singh, Department of Veterinary Pathology College of Veterinary Science Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU), Ludhiana-141 004, Punjab
Dr. Harmanjit Singh Banga,Department of Veterinary Pathology College of Veterinary Science Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU), Ludhiana-141 004, Punjab
Dr. L. Geeta Devi, Assistant Professor Department of Veterinary Pathology College of Veterinary Science Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU), Ludhiana-141 004, Punjab
1. Introduction to Pathology and Its History .................................... 1
2. Causes of Disease ............................................................................... 7
3. Physical and Chemical Causes of Disease ................................... 13
4. Nutritional and Biological Causes of Diseases ............................ 21
5. Developmental Disturbances, Anomalies and Monsters .......... 29
6. Cell Injury .......................................................................................... 35
7. Haemodynamic Derangements ..................................................... 77
8. Inflammation ..................................................................................117
9. Healing and Repair........................................................................163
10. Hypersenstivity ...............................................................................175
11. Autoimmunity and Immunodeficiency .....................................187
12. Metabolic Diseases .........................................................................193
