This is an indispensable reference for equine veterinary practitioners, veterinary students, and others involved in breeding and keeping horses. This new edition has been fully revised, updated and re-written in a more user-friendly style and format with the inclusion of high quality line drawings and photographs to aid understanding. Also, a conscious decision was made to use generic drug names making this as relevant as possible for everybody working in the equine field all over the world. New to this edition

 

•NEW! A handy interactive app format allows extra-quick, point-of-care reference. •NEW! A full-colour design includes more high-quality line drawings and adds photographs showing nerve block techniques.

•NEW! Revised clinical techniques section deals with the difficult horse and restraint methods, including field anaesthesia.

•NEW algorithmic approach updates and clarifies emergency procedures, wound management, disease control protocols, and more.

•NEW! Wound dressings and suturing sections are thoroughly modernized.

Part 1: Vital Signs, Normal Values Reference Values Sample Collection Reproductive Data

 

Part 2: Diagnostic Tests Test Performances

 

Part 3: Index of Drugs Used in Equine Medicine The Use of Veterinary Medicinal Products Guidelines for the Use of Medicines in Equine Animals Prescriptions Prescription Abbreviations Drug Categorisation for Prescription Purposes Distribution Categories (UK) from October 2005

Section 1: Drugs Acting on Central Nervous System

Section 2: Drugs Acting on the Cardiovascular System

Section 3: Drugs Acting on the Respiratory System

Section 4: Drugs Acting on the Urinary Tract

Section 5: Drugs Acting on the Gastrointestinal Tract

Section 6: Hormones/Steroids and Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs

Section 7: Anti-infective Drugs

Section 8: Blood Modifying Agents

Section 9: Vaccines/Antisera

Section 10: Miscellaneous Drugs/Medications and Other Materials

 

Part 4: Clinical Aids

Section 1: Bodyweight and Surface Area Estimation

Section 2: Imperial-Metric Conversion

Section 3: SI Unit Conversion Factors

Section 4: Restraint of Horses

Section 5: Ageing

Section 6: Humane Destruction

Section 7: Bandaging Techniques

Section 8: Clinical Techniques

Section 9: Signs of Impending Parturition

Section 10: Neonatal Assessment and Sepsis Scoring of Foals

Section 11: Poisons and Antidotes

Section 12: Notifiable Diseases

Section 13: Investigative Methods/Protocols S

ection 14: Equipment for Equine Practice

Section 15: Anaesthesia Section 16 Current Requirements Concerning Drug Usage and Passport Regulations in the UK Index

Derek C. Knottenbelt, OBE BVM&S DVM&S Dip ECEIM MRCVS, Professor in Equine Medicine The Philip Leverhulme Equine Hospital University of Liverpool, UK

 

Fernando Malalana, DVM GPCert(EqP) DipECEIM MRCVS