Full Description
This concise, practical text covers the essential information veterinary students and nurses, new graduates, and practitioners need to succeed in equine medicine, focussing on respiratory and gastrointestinal diseases. Written for an international readership, the book conveys the core information in an easily digestible, precise form with extensive use of bullet points, lists, diagrams, protocols, and extensive illustrations (over 300 full-colour, high-quality photographs).
Part of a five-book series that extracts and updates key information from Munroe's Equine Surgery, Reproduction and Medicine, Second Edition, the book distils best practice in a logical straightforward clinically based approach. It details relevant clinical anatomy, physical clinical examination techniques and findings, normal parameters, aetiology/pathophysiology, differential diagnoses, diagnostic techniques, management and treatment, and prognosis. The emphasis is on information tailored to general equine clinicians with just enough on advanced techniques to make the practitioner aware of what is available elsewhere.
The respiratory system is split into sections on surgical and medical conditions of the upper and lower respiratory tracts.
The gastrointestinal system is divided into the upper tract, including the oral cavity and dentistry, and the lower tract and peritoneal cavity.
Ideal for veterinary students and nurses on clinical placements with horses as well as practitioners needing a quick reference 'on the ground'.
Contents
Preface. Author Bios. Respiratory System. Introduction. Clinical examination of the respiratory tract. Physical examination of the respiratory tract. Diagnostic tests. Surgical conditions of the respiratory tract. Nostril. Nasal passages and Paranasal sinuses. Pharynx and larynx. Trachea. Guttural Pouch. Medical conditions of the upper respiratory tract. Viral diseases. Bacterial disease. Medical conditions of the lower respiratory tract. Infectious conditions. Obstructive conditions. Parasitic conditions. Miscellaneous conditions. The Upper Gastrointestinal Tract. The oral cavity. Introduction. Age-related changes in the appearance of teeth with eruption and ageing. Dental examination of the horse. Dental imaging. Diseases of the teeth and oral cavity. Conditions associated with development and eruption of teeth. Acquired dental disease. Dental diseases associated with wear. Disease of canine teeth. Treatment of common pathologies. Non-dental disease of the oral cavity. Oral neoplasia. Diseases of the salivary glands. Diseases of the oesophagus. Congenital and developmental diseases of the equine oesophagus. Acquired oesophageal disorders. The Lower Gastrointestinal Tract. Physical examination. Diagnostic tests. Use of analgesics in colic. General disorders of the lower gastrointestinal tract. Disorders of the stomach. Disorders of the small intestine. Disorders of the caecum. Disorders of the large colon. Disorders of the small colon and rectum. Disorders of the peritoneal cavity.
