Therapeutic Farriery, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics: Equine Practice
Therapeutic Farriery, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics: Equine Practice

Author: Stephen E. O'Grady

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2012-08-28

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 145574445X

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A comprehensive review of Therapeutic Farriery for the equine practitioner! Topics include: the importance of therapeutic farriery in equine practice, the biomechanics of the equine foot as it pertains to farriery, equine imaging: the framework for applying therapeutic farriery, the basics of farriery as a prelude to therapeutic farriery, therapeutic farriery: A veterinarian's perspective, therapeutic farriery: a farrier's prospective, farriery for the hoof with a low or under run heel, farriery for the hoof with sheared heels, disease of the hoof capsule: infections, white line disease, keratomas and canker, therapeutic farriery for the young horse, farriery for the hoof with a high heel or club foot, glue-on technology as a means to implement therapeutic farriery, understanding the mechanisms that leads to hoof capsule distortions as a basis for rational management, farriery for hoof wall defects: quarter cracks and toe cracks, treating laminitis: beyond the mechanics of trimming and shoeing, and more!

Ambulatory Practice, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics: Equine Practice
Ambulatory Practice, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics: Equine Practice

Author: David W. Ramey

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2012-04-28

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 1455745065

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The equine practitioner will find this comprehensive issue packed with useful, important information on ambulatory practice. Topics include challenges of ambulatory practice, equipment considerations, client psychology and expectations, technology and the ambulatory practitioner, ambulatory medicine, ambulatory surgery and surgical referral, lameness in ambulatory practice, foot care and veterinarian/farrier relations, ophthalmology in ambulatory practice, reproduction in ambulatory practice, dermatology in ambulatory practice, wound care, wellness care, purchase exams and much more!

Advances in Equine Imaging, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics: Equine Practice
Advances in Equine Imaging, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics: Equine Practice

Author: Natasha M. Werpy

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2012-12-28

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1455747947

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An important review on advances in imaging for the equine practitioner! Chapters include an algorithm approach to imaging, advances in computed and digital radiography, advances in ultrasound, advances in nuclear medicine, advances in computed tomography and use of contrast, advances in magnetic resonance imaging, imaging of articular cartilage, computed tomography arthrography of the stifle with comparison to other diagnostic modalities, imaging of proximal suspensory ligament disease, the value of recheck imaging examinations, how does MRI impact case management?, the use of contrast MRI, correlation of imaging findings (Rads, Nuc Med, CT, MRI) in thoroughbred racehorses, and much more!

Adams and Stashak's Lameness in Horses
Adams and Stashak's Lameness in Horses

Author: Gary M. Baxter

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2011-06-28

Total Pages: 1280

ISBN-13: 0470961775

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The Sixth Edition of Adams and Stashak’s Lameness in Horses builds on the book’s reputation as the classic gold-standard reference on equine lameness. Now in full color, the text has been fully revised and streamlined to improve user-friendliness, with a new, simplified format and a stronger emphasis on the diagnosis and management of lameness. A valuable supplementary DVD provides a complete guide to diagnosing lameness, offering additional anatomical images; video clips demonstrating key procedures such as physical examination, flexion tests, perineural and intrasynovial anesthesia; and examples of lameness conditions in motion. The Sixth Edition presents new or significantly rewritten chapters on the axial skeleton, principles of musculoskeletal disease, principles of therapy for lameness, occupation-related lameness conditions, and lameness in the young horse. The diagnostic procedures chapter has also been significantly expanded to reflect advances in this important area. Adams and Stashak’s Lameness in Horses, Sixth Edition is an essential addition to any equine practitioner’s bookshelf.

Clinical Neurology, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics: Equine Practice
Clinical Neurology, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics: Equine Practice

Author: Thomas J. Divers

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2011-12-28

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 1455709204

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A comprehensive review of clinical neurology for the equine practitioner! Topics will include: infectious diseases affecting the equine nervous system, advanced imaging of the nervous system, metabolic encephalopathies, neuro-ophthalmic disorders, cervical pain causing abnormal gait, neurologic or neuromuscular disorders, management of the downer horse, adverse drug reactions and toxins affecting the nervous system, neurologic conditions associated with guttural pouch disease, objective analysis of the equine gait and nervous system, and treatment of acute cervical injury in the horse.

Equine Podiatry
Equine Podiatry

Author: Andrea E. Floyd

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2007-01-01

Total Pages: 478

ISBN-13: 0721603831

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Intended for veterinarians and farrier's, this book focuses on the foot, which is the most common site of lameness in horses. It covers the basic farrier principles, and focuses on medical and surgical foot care management. It includes information on the anatomy and physiology of the equine foot, pathological conditions, and more.

Advances in Laminitis, Part II, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics: Equine Practice
Advances in Laminitis, Part II, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics: Equine Practice

Author: Christopher C. Pollitt

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2010-08-28

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 1455700762

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This issue is the second half of the topic on laminitis, one of the most challenging diseases for the equine clinician to treat. Articles include endocrinopathic metabolism, equine metabolic syndrome, hyperinsulinemic laminitis, pasture associated laminitis, corticosteroid associated laminitis, supporting limb laminitis, pharmacological basis for the treatment of endocrinopathic laminitis, pain management of chronic laminitis, chronic laminitis: larval therapy, chronic laminitis foot support: support shoes, pasture management, diet and exercise, herd management, and much more!

Orthopedic Disorders of the Foal, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice
Orthopedic Disorders of the Foal, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice

Author: Ashlee Watts

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2017-07-15

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 0323532640

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This issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice is edited by Dr. Ashlee Watts and focuses on Orthopedic Disorders of Foals. Article topics include: Orthopedic conditions of the dysmature foal; Septic arthritis, osteomyelitis and physitis; Club foot; FLD - carpus and fetlock; ALD - growth augmentation; ALD - growth retardation; Foal Fractures - osteochondral fragmentation, sesamoiditis and coffin bone; Foal Fractures - physeal fractures; OCD development; OCD - surgical options and when to utilize them.

Equine Laminitis
Equine Laminitis

Author: James K. Belknap

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2017-01-30

Total Pages: 484

ISBN-13: 1119944716

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The first book dedicated to this common, serious, and complex equine disease, Equine Laminitis is the gold-standard reference to the latest information on every aspect of the disease and its treatment. Provides the first book devoted specifically to equine laminitis Discusses the current state of knowledge on all aspects of the disease, including its history, relevant anatomical considerations, pathophysiology, the diagnostic workup, and clinical treatment Presents 50 chapters written by leading international experts, under the editorship of the foremost authority on equine laminitis Offers a thorough understanding of this common affliction, grounded in the scientific literature Describes effective prevention and treatment plans

Endocrine Diseases, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics: Equine Practice
Endocrine Diseases, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics: Equine Practice

Author: Ramiro E. Toribio

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2011-04-28

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 1455712094

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The equine practitioner will find this comprehensive issue packed with useful, practical information on endocrine diseases. Topics include disorders of calcium and phosphate metabolism, endocrinology of the neonate energy metabolism, endocrine dysregulation in critically ill foals and horses, magnesium disorders, equine metabolic syndrome, pars intermedia dysfunction (Cushing's disease), disorders of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal gland axis, evaluation of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal gland axis, disorders of the thyroid gland, endocrine response during exercise, hyperlipemia, anhidrosis, diabetes insipidus, ergopeptine alkaloids (fescue toxicosis) and equine pregnancy, and much more!