Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery provides the most up-to-date, in-depth coverage of the basic and clinical sciences required for management of the equine athlete. The unique treatment of exercise physiology and training within a clinical context, together with detailed review of all diseases affecting athletic horses, makes this the most comprehensive text available. The book will provide a thorough grounding in the basic physiology of each body system, and in particular the responses of each body system to exercise and training, that will be separate, but highly relevant to, the succeeding sections on clinical disorders of each body system. The highly respected editors have brought together an internationally renowned team of 50 contributors, producing the ultimate reference for veterinarians, students, horse-owners, and all those involved in the world of equine athletics. High quality artwork, including relevant radiographic, ultrasonographic, CAT scan, and MRI images, aid understanding and diagnosis Provides a truly international perspective, including guidelines pertinent to different geographic areas, and racing jurisdictions In-depth coverage of the role of the veterinarian in the management of athletic horses Explores the use of complementary therapies ~
Equine podiatry can be defined as a professional field of service that requires the efforts and dedicated responsibility of foot-focused veterinarians and pathologic focused farriers. The art of podiatry has an inherent learning curve ...
The most comprehensive text available on equine surgery, this book prepares the veterinary surgeon for managing each surgical condition by understanding its pathophysiology and evaluating alternative surgical approaches.
'Equine Exercise Physiology' provides up-to-date coverage of the basic sciences required for an understanding of the physiology of the equine athlete.
This is an introductory level text on equine medicine and surgery, written in a concise and easy-to-read format by international experts.
FIGURE 12-15 Periodic acid Schiff's stains of a normal horse (A), a foal with glycogen branching enzyme deficiency (GBED) (B), and a horse with polysaccharide storage myopathy (PSSM) (C). Arrows show abnormal polysaccharide which is ...
It is with these two key audiences in mind that Dr. Bob Grisel has created a book unlike any other.
The modified test is now widely used in research settings (Carter et al., 2009b; Burns et al., 2010; Carter et al., 2010; Frank et al., 2010b; Chameroy et al., 2011; Bamford et al., 2014; Pratt- Phillips et al., 2015; Dunbar et al., ...
The U.S. veterinary medical profession contributes to society in diverse ways, from developing drugs and protecting the food supply to treating companion animals and investigating animal diseases in the wild.
Part of the Advances in Veterinary Surgery series copublished with the ACVS Foundation and Wiley-Blackwell, Advances in Equine Laparoscopy presents a state-of-the-art reference on laparoscopic skills and procedures in the horse.
This system-oriented text provides current information on surgical diseases and lameness in horses and builds on basic knowledge by providing an update on topics which have changed or are new during recent years.