Acknowledgements

I would like to thank

Jim Archambeault, my husband, for his support and love and his tolerance of lost weekends.

Nicki Reed for contributing three excellent feline cases.

Fred Nind for encouragement and diligently reviewing the cases.

My colleagues and friends at the University of Edinburgh Hospital for Small Animals for their continued support, helpfulness and insights into often perplex­ing cases. I would especially like to thank those who assisted with the figures in the book: Carolina Urraca del Junco (who also enthusiastically provided case ma­terial), Tobias Schwarz, Donald Yool, Elspeth Milne, Marcel Kovalik, Alison Rid- yard, Geoff Culshaw and Danielle Gunn-Moore.

Our residents, for their hard work and enthusiasm.

Grant Guilford, gastroenterologist, nutritionist, leader in veterinary medicine and my extraordinary mentor, for teaching, inspiring and encouraging me during my residency and beyond.

The referring veterinary surgeons for sending us these cases and the patients themselves, who often teach and surprise us in so many ways.