[original] The Equine Manual

Title: [original] The Equine Manual
Author(s)/Editor(s): Andrew James Higgins, Jack R. Snyder
Publisher: SAUNDERS
Year Published: 2006
ISBN: 978-0-7020-2769-7
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This second edition of the popular resource serves as a ready reference for equine practitioners. It provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of equine medicine and many surgical conditions. It is a hands-on, user-friendly text aimed at the busy practitioner, veterinary students, specialist equine technicians and others with an interest in horse health. Covers new topics, including intensive care, the pre-purchase examination, equine behavior, and anesthesia (including euthanasia).

# Covers a full range of topics in equine medicine, including infectious diseases, all major organs and systems, intensive care, nutrition, and much more.
# Designed to assist with the diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and control of diseases and disorders in horses.
# Provides quick and easy access to practical solutions for clinical conditions.
# Comprehensively indexed and cross-referenced.
# Improved layout includes highlighted keywords and boxed elements for quick reference.


Table of Contents
Ch. 1   Infectious diseases   1
Ch. 2   The immune system   113
Ch. 3   Equine nutrition and metabolic diseases   151
Ch. 4   Toxicology and pharmacology   
Ch. 5   The skin   305
Ch. 6   The ear, nose and throat   393
Ch. 7   The lower respiratory tract   425
Ch. 8   The cardiovascular system   455
Ch. 9   The hemolymphatic system   485
Ch. 10   The gastrointestinal and digestive system   529
Ch. 11   The endocrine system   627
Ch. 12   The urinary system   659
Ch. 13   The stallion and mare reproductive system   713
Ch. 14   Perinatology   765
Ch. 15   The musculoskeletal system   869
Ch. 16   Performance-related problems and exercise physiology   1059
Ch. 17   The nervous system   1105
Ch. 18   Behavior   1147
Ch. 19   Ophthalmology   1157
Ch. 20   Oncology   1211
Ch. 21   Anesthesiology   1227
Ch. 22   Fundamentals of the equine pre-purchase examination   1243
Ch. 23   Intensive care medicine   1255