Pediatric intensive care.
To provide optimal care, a veterinarian in a pediatric intensive care situation for a puppy or kitten should be familiar with normal and abnormal vital signs, nursing care and monitoring considerations, and probable diseases. This article is a brief discussion of the pediatric intensive care commonly required to treat puppies or kittens in emergency situations and for canine parvovirus type 2 enteritis.
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Department of Small Animal Surgery and Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Alabama, USA.
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