veterinary medicine

DEFINITION Ventricular preexcitation occurs when impulses originating in the sinoatrial node or atrium activate a portion of the ventricles...

DEFINITION Weight loss is considered clinically important when it exceeds 10% of the normal body weight and is not associated with fluid lo...

DEFINITION Forceful, reflex expulsion of gastric contents from the oral cavity Acute vomiting is defined as vomiting of short duration ( ...

DEFINITION Abnormal accumulation of vitamin D in the body, most commonly from ingesting vitamin D–containing rodenticides or other preparat...

OVERVIEW Skeletal disease that occurs after excessive intake of vitamin A High concentrations of vitamin A—inhibits intramembranous and en...