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Radiation therapy use of directional x-ray to treat cancer

Radiograph the use of gamma rays to view the internal dense structures of the body, also called x-ray.

Red blood cells cells that carry oxygen from the lungs to the cells. red blood cells make up 99 percent of the total blood cells

Schiotz tonometer a device used to measure pressure inside the eyeball to diagnose glaucoma

Scintigraphy also called a thyroid scan, this test employs a radioactive particle that seeks out and attaches to thyroid tissue, which is then revealed on a gamma camera. used in the diagnosis of hyperthyroidism

Sodium salt important to the fluid balance within the body

Specific gravity refers to the amount and weight of substances found in urine

Sub-Q subcutaneous, or beneath the skin, as in fluid administration

Therapeutic diet commercial or homemade diet designed to specifically treat a health condition that typically is prescribed by the veterinarian

Tono-Pen a pen-sized tool for diagnosing glaucoma by measuring pressure inside the eyeball

Transdermal delivery drugs, often for pain, able to penetrate the skin and achieve local or systemic therapeutic effect.

Transplant surgical replacement of diseased organ with donor organ. in pets, most typically the kidney.

TRAP (telomeric repeat amplification protocol) a test for cancer that detects telomerase, an enzyme that helps cancer cells recreate themselves indefinitely.

Ulcer an erosion in the lining or surface of an organ, such as the stomach

Ultrasound noninvasive diagnostic technique that uses reflected sound waves to form an image of internal structures.

White blood cell disease-fighting cells of the immune system

X-ray the use of gamma rays to view the internal dense structures of the body, also called radiograph

APPENDIX D--EXPERT SOURCES

Sarah K. Abood, DVM, PhD, is an assistant professor and the small animal clinical nutritionist at Michigan State

Melisa Bain, DVM, DACVB is an assistant professor at University of California at Davis

Signe Beebe, DVM, is a certified veterinary acupuncturist and herbologist practicing at Sacramento Veterinary Surgical Services

Colin Burrows, BvetMed, PhD, MRCVS, DACVIM is a professor of medicine and the head of the department of small animal clinical sciences at University of Florida

Dan Carey, DVM is the director of technical communications for The Iams Company

Sharon A. Center, DVM, DACVIM, is an internist and professor of medicine at Cornell University

Michael G. Conzemius, DVM, PhD, DACVS is a professor of surgery at University of Minnesota

James L. Cook, DVM, PhD, DACVS is a surgeon in the comparative orthopaedic laboratory at University of Missouri

Larry Cowgill, DVM, PhD., DACVIM is professor in the department of medicine and epidemiology, chief of small animal medicine, and head of the companion animal hemodialysis unit at University of California at Davis

Debbie Davenport, DVM, MS, DACVIM is the director for professional education for Hill’s Pet Nutrition

Harriet Davidson, DVM, DACVO was a professor of ophthalmology at Kansas State University, now at Michigan Veterinary Specialists

Nicholas Dodman, BVMS, DACVA, ACVB, is a Professor, Section Head and Program Director of the Animal Behavior Department of Clinical Sciences at

Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine

Nicole Ehrhart, VMD, MS, DACVS, was an assistant professor of surgery, and the scientific director of the comparative musculoskeletal tumor laboratory at the University of Illinois, and currently is associate professor of oncology at Colorado State University

Bill Fortney, DVM, is an assistant professor and the director of community practice at Kansas State University

Laura Garrett, DVM, DACVIM (oncology) was an assistant professor of oncology at Kansas State University, and currently is a visiting assistant clinical professor of veterinary clinical medicine at University of Illinois

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