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Iowa State University Veterinarian: Volume 29, Issue 1
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"I am a crusader for effective college teaching," exclaimed Dean Kitchell in a recent conversation. The following discussion seeks to define the Dean's direct concern for the student and a few of his philosophies on education.
The only confirmed viral diseases of cats prior to 1957 were rabies, feline panleukopenia, and feline pneumonitis. Various research workers have described feline virus pneumonia, feline influenza, and viral encephalopathy as other viral diseases; however, with the possible exception of feline influenza, these latter three have not been confirmed. To date, the feline viral respiratory diseases include feline pneumonitis, feline viral rhinotracheitis (FVR), and many other upper respiratory viruses not yet completely characterized but similar to FVR.
A review of the textbooks of the anatomy of domestic animals, applied anatomy, operative surgery and various other publications pertaining to these regions, both in English and foreign literature, indicate that a variety of terms which are often very confusing are used to designate nerves, especially in the digital region. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to summarize and compare the various terminologies of the nerves of the forearm (antebranchium) and forefoot (manus) in our domestic animals.