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By N. Edward Robinson, BVetMed, PhD, MRCVS Docteur Honoris Causa (Liege), Matilda R. Wilson Professor, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA Kim Sprayberry, DVM, DACVIM, Hagyard Equine Medical Institute, Lexington, Kentucky
Description Stay up-to-date on the latest advances and current issues in equine medicine with this handy reference for the busy equine practitioner,
large animal veterinarian, or student. This edition of Current Therapy in Equine Medicine brings you thorough coverage and expert advice
on selected topics in areas that have seen significant advances in the last 5 years. Content emphasizes the practical aspects of diagnosis
and treatment and provides details for therapeutic regimens. Arranged primarily by body system, the text also features sections on infectious
diseases, foal diseases, nutrition, and toxicology. With this cutting-edge information all in one reliable source, you'll increase your
awareness of key therapies in less time.
Contents
Section I Clinical Pharmacology
Chapter 1 Adverse Drug Reactions Jennifer L. Davis Chapter 2 Non-Steroidal
Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Anthony T. Blikslager Chapter 3 Update on Common Antimicrobials K. Gary Magdesian Chapter 4 Systemic
Chemotherapy for Oncologic Diseases Teresa Burns, C. Guillermo Couto Chapter 5 Fluphenazine Toxicosis Michael Brashier Chapter
6 Field Anesthesia Craig A. Mosley Chapter 7 Anesthesia at High Altitude Khursheed Mama Chapter 8 Anesthesia and Sedation
of Miniature Horses Nora S. Matthews, Carin Ponder
Section II Medico-Legal
Chapter 9 Reading and Interpreting
Scientific Literature Philip H. Kass Chapter 10 Equine Insurance Ronald Kirk, T. Douglas Byars Chapter 11 Protecting Yourself with
Medical Records Margaret L. Neterer, Patricia O'Handley Chapter 12 The Unwanted Horse: An Overview of the Issue Tom R. Lenz Chapter
13 Field Necropsy Kurt Williams
Section III Nutrition
Chapter 14 Nutritional Management of the Starved
Horse Iveta Becvarova, Craig Thatcher Chapter 15 Dietary Management of the Obese Horse Ray J. Geor, Pat Harris Chapter 16 Updates
to the Nutrient Requirements of the Horse: NRC 2007 guidelines Laurie M. Lawrence Chapter 17 Antioxidants and Horse Health Pierre
Lekeux, Nathalie Kirschvink Chapter 18 Nutritional Factors in Developmental Orthopedic Disease Brian D. Nielsen Chapter 19 The
Pros and Cons of Probiotics Veronique Julliand, Annette Zeyner Chapter 20 Herbs and Nutraceuticals Carey A. Williams Chapter
21 Use of Nutraceuticals for Equine Joint Disease Wayne McIlwraith Chapter 22 Nutrition for the Critically Ill Horse Susan J. Holcombe,
Elizabeth A. Carr
Section IV Behavior
Chapter 23 Headshaking Syndrome Katy Taylor, Daniel Mills Chapter
24 Management of Stereotypic Behavior (Stable Vices) Daniel Mills Chapter 25 Aggression in Horses Sharon Lynn Crowell-Davis Chapter
26 Foal Rejection Katherine A. Houpt Chapter 27 Transportation of Horses Ted H. Friend
Section V Infectious
Disease
Chapter 28 Strangles, Immunology and Management John Timoney Chapter 29 Epidemiology and Prevention of Rhodococcus
Infection Noah Cohen Chapter 30 Control of Salmonella and Nosocomial Infections Roberta M. Dwyer Chapter 31 Rhodococcus Equi Pneumonia
Nathan Slovis Chapter 32 Lyme Disease Thomas J. Divers, Yung-Fu Chang Chapter 33 Leptospirosis Thomas J. Divers, Yung-Fu
Chang Chapter 34 Systemic Illness Caused by Corynebacterium Pseudotuberculosis Suzanne M. Pratt Chapter 35 Equine Viral Arteritis
Peter Timoney Chapter 36 Clostridial Diseases J. Scott Weese Chapter 37 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococci J. Scott
Weese Chapter 38 Lawsonia Intracellularis Enteropathy in Foals Ramiro E. Toribio Chapter 39 Equine Herpes Virus Myeloencephalopathy
Lutz S. Goehring, D. Paul Lunn
Section VI The Cardiovascular System
Chapter 40 Cardiovascular Pharmacology
Colin C. Schwarzwald Chapter 41 Management of Atrial Fibrillation Gunther Van Loon Chapter 42 Training Effects on Echocardiographic
Measurements Rikke Buhl, Annette K. Ersboll Chapter 43 Congestive Heart Failure Sarah Gardner Chapter 44 Pericarditis
Sophy Jesty Chapter 45 Infective Endocarditis Sophy Jesty Chapter 46 Pulmonary Hypertension JoAnn Slack Chapter 47 Biochemical
Tests for Cardiac Injury Simon F. Peek Chapter 48 Blood Donors and Whole Blood Transfusion in Private Practice J. Barry David Chapter
49 Coagulopathies Karsten Feige
Section VII The Respiratory System
Chapter 50 Radiology of Sinuses
and Teeth David O. Klugh Chapter 51 Sinuscopy and Sinus Surgery in the Standing Horse James Schumacher, Justin Perkins Chapter
52 Ultrasonographic Examination of the Upper Airway Heather J. Chalmers, Normand G. Ducharme Chapter 53 Disorders of the Guttural
Pouch Scott R. Pleasant, Douglass B. Berry, II Chapter 54 Efficacy of Surgery for Laryngeal Hemiplegia Jennifer Brown Chapter
55 Surgical Advancement of the Larynx for Treatment of Dorsal Displacement of the Soft Palate Normand G. Ducharme Chapter 56 Disorders
of the Trachea Niam M. Collins. Padraig M. Dixon Chapter 57 Cough Virgina Buechner-Maxwell Chapter 58 Viral Respiratory Diseases
Undine Christmann, Virginia Buechner-Maxwell Chapter 59 Antimicrobial Therapy of the Respiratory System Harold C. McKenzie, III Chapter
60 Multimodal Management of the Horse with Airway Disease Laurent Couetil Chapter 61 Managing IAD in Pleasure Horses Melissa I. Mazan Chapter
62 Inflammatory Airway Disease in Racehorses Brett Berthold, N. Edward Robinson Chapter 63 Pleuropneumonia Marybeth Miskovic,
Laurent Couetil Chapter 64 Granulomatous Lung Disease T. Douglas Byars Chapter 65 Pulmonary Fibrosis Kurt J. Williams, Pamela
A. Wilkins Chapter 66 Silicosis/Osteoporosis Syndrome Matthew Durham Chapter 67 Respiratory Fungal Infections Allison J.
Stewart Chapter 68 Pneumothorax Joel Lugo Chapter 69 Thoracoscopically Guided Pulmonary Biopsy Joel Lugo Chapter 70 Management
of Pulmonary Edema Kate Borer Chapter 71 Exercise-induced Pulmonary Hemorrhage Montague N. Saulez
Section VIII
The Gastrointestinal System
Chapter 72 Dental Consequences of Excessive Use of Power Equipment Thomas J. Johnson Chapter
73 Periodontal Disease David O. Klugh Chapter 74 Dental Nerve Blocks Colleen Porter Chapter 75 Dental Extraction W.
Henry Tremaine Chapter 76 Management of Tongue Injuries Mathew P. G rard Chapter 77 Oral Cavity Masses Mathew P. G rard Chapter
78 Esophageal Obstruction Yvonne A. Elce Chapter 79 Dysphagia of Neurogenic Origin Monica Aleman Chapter 80 Esophageal Surgery
David E. Freeman Chapter 81 Gastric Ulcer Syndrome Jenifer A. Nadeau, Frank M. Andrews Chapter 82 Working the Acute Abdomen
Including Imaging Alison Morton Chapter 83 Stabilizing the Surgical Colic Patient for Referral Lance H. Bassage Chapter 84 Laparoscopic
Diagnosis in the Abdomen John F. Peroni Chapter 85 Multimodal Pain Management of the Horse with Acute Abdomen Lori A. Bidwell Chapter
86 Medical Management of the Postoperative Colic Patient Louise L. Southwood Chapter 87 Ileal Impaction Kelly Fleming, P.O. Eric
Mueller Chapter 88 Cecal Impaction Anthony Blikslager Chapter 89 Intraluminal Obstruction of the Large Colon Marco Lopes Chapter
90 Extraluminal Obstruction of the Large Colon Marco Lopes Chapter 91 Acute Colitis Rebecca McConnico Chapter 92 Chronic
Colic: Diagnosis and Treatment Debra C. Archer Chapter 93 Right Dorsal Ulcerative Colitis Samuel L. Jones Chapter 94 Antibiotic-induced
Colitis Samuel L. Jones Chapter 95 Mesh Hernioplasty John F. Peroni Chapter 96 Infiltrative Bowel Diseases John Schumacher Chapter
97 Integrated Control of Equine Cyathostomes Anne M. Zajac Chapter 98 Neoplastic Disease of the Gastrointestinal Tract Yvonne A.
Elce Chapter 99 Rectal Tears John F. Peroni Chapter 100 Icterus Simon F. Peek
Section IX The Musculoskeletal
System
Chapter 101 Heritable Muscle Diseases Stephanie J. Valberg Chapter 102 Evaluation of Back Pain Robert
Van Wessum Chapter 103 Assessing Saddle Fit in Performance Horses Hilary M. Clayton Chapter 104 Vertebral Facet Joint Syndrome
Robert Van Wessum Chapter 105 Sacroiliac Disease Robert Van Wessum Chapter 106 Pelvic Fractures Kevin Brown Chapter
107 Musculoskeletal Injuries in the Western Performance Horse Robin M. Dabareiner Chapter 108 Diagnostic Imaging and Surgical Management
of the Stifle Joint Lisa A. Fortier Chapter 109 Ultrasound of the Shoulder Mary Beth Whitcomb Chapter 110 Hypochoeris Radicata-Associated
Stringhalt Sarah Y. Gardner Chapter 111 Osteoarthritis Earl M. Gaughan Chapter 112 Osteochondrosis Pieter A. J. Brama Chapter
113 Management of Tendon Injuries Linda A. Dahlgren Chapter 114 Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy and Radial Pressure Wave Therapy
Scott McClure Chapter 115 Regional Limb Perfusion with Antimicrobials Joel Lugo Chapter 116 White Line Disease Scott R. Pleasant,
Stephen E. O'Grady Chapter 117 Management of Wounds in the Foot Brian W. Fitzgerald, Clifford M. Honnas Chapter 118 Laminitis Pathogenesis
James K. Belknap Chapter 119 Pharmacological Management of Laminitis John F. Peroni Chapter 120 Pasture Laminitis Scott
R. Pleasant Chapter 121 Chronic Laminitis Andrew H. Parks, Stephen E. O'Grady Chapter 122 Ultrasound Imaging of the Distal Extremity
Robert Van Wessum Chapter 123 Diagnostic Value of Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Horses with Foot Pain John G. Peloso, Lynn Hilt Chapter
124 Collateral Desmitis of the Coffin Joint Michael C. Schramme, Mark J. Matinelli Chapter 125 Deep Digital Flexor Tendon Injuries
in the Foot Michael C. Schramme Chapter 126 Ossification of the Cartilages of the Foot (Sidebone) Sue Dyson Chapter 127 Rehabilitation
Therapy Mimi Porter
Section X The Nervous System
Chapter 128 Making a Neuroanatomic Diagnosis John
H. Rossmeisl, Jr. Chapter 129 Diagnostic Imaging in Neurological Disease John Mattoon Chapter 130 Ataxia Allison J. Stewart Chapter
131 Equine Motor Neuron Disease Thomas J. Divers, Husni J. Mohamed Chapter 132 Alphaviral Encephalomyelitis (EEE, WEE, and VEE)
Gabriela Suarez, Robert J. MacKay Chapter 133 West Nile Encephalitis Robert J. MacKay Chapter 134 Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis
Debra C. Sellon Chapter 135 Atypical Myopathy Vincent Gerber, Dominique Votion
Section XI The Eye
Chapter
136 Equine Recurrent Uveitis Brian C. Gilger Chapter 137 Ocular Squamous Cell Carcinoma Elizabeth A. Giuliano Chapter 138
Eosinophilic Keratoconjunctivitis Jamie Schorling Chapter 139 Medical And Surgical Therapies for Ulcerative Keratitis Mary E.
Utter, Dennis E. Brooks Chapter 140 Complications of Chronic Ocular Disease Kathryn L. Wotman, Mary E. Utter Chapter 141 Enucleation
Brian C. Gilger Chapter 142 Intraocular Surgery Including Lens Replacement Wendy Townsend Chapter 143 Acute Care of Soft
Tissue Injuries Involving the Eyelids, Ears, and Face Mathew P. G rard Chapter 144 Electrodiagnostics for Retinal Disease Andras
M. Komaromy
Section XII The Integument
Chapter 145 Topical Treatments for Skin Disease Paul B. Bloom Chapter
146 Insect Hypersensitivities Annette Peterson Chapter 147 Non-Neoplastic Nodular and Proliferative Lesions Beth A. Valentine,
Jon D. Plant Chapter 148 Fungal Skin Diseases Rosanna Marsella Chapter 149 Skin Tumors Virginia Beuchner-Maxwell Chapter
150 Equine Sarcoid: What's New in Diagnosis and Treatment Elizabeth Carr Chapter 151 Chronic Progressive Lymphedema in Draft Horses
Hilde DeCock, Gregory L. Ferraro Chapter 152 Hereditary Equine Dermal Regional Asthenia Danika Bannasch, Stephen White Chapter
153 Wound Care and Management Linda A. Dahlgren Chapter 154 Management of Wounds in High-Motion Areas Dean Hendrickson, Joanna
Virgin Chapter 155 Skin Grafting Linda A. Dahlgren
Section XIII The Endocrine System
Chapter 156
Insulin Resistance/Equine Metabolic Syndrome Nicholas Frank Chapter 157 Pituitary Pars Intermidia Dysfunction Janice Sojka Chapter
158 Thyroid Disease Babetta Breuhaus
Section XIV The Urogenital System
Chapter 159 Management of
Bladder Uroliths Claude A. Ragle Chapter 160 Hematuria Jan F. Hawkins Chapter 161 Clinical Pathology of Renal Disease Frederic
S. Almy, Bruce E. LeRoy, Michelle H. Barton Chapter 162 Diseases of the Accessory Sex Glands of the Stallion John V. Steiner Chapter
163 Inguinal Hernia Warren Beard Chapter 164 Conditions of the External Genitalia of Stallions John P. Hurtgen Chapter 165
Conditions of the External Genitalia of mares Tracey Chenier Chapter 166 Diseases of the Uterus Carlos M. Pinto Chapter 167
Prevention of Estrus Behavior in Performance Mares Tracey Chenier Chapter 168 Techniques for Ovariectomy and Ovariohysterectomy Thomas
B. Yarbrough
Section XV Reproduction
Chapter 169 Peripartum Complications in the Mare Pamela A. Wilkins Chapter
170 Postpartum Complications in the Mare Grant S. Frazer Chapter 171 Artificial Insemination in Private Practice Juan C. Samper Chapter
172 Collection and Transportation of Semen Juan C. Samper Chapter 173 Embryo Transfer in Private Practice Juan J. Vazquez Chapter
174 Ovarian Diseases Patrick M. McCue Chapter 175 Problems of the Older Broodmare Michelle LeBlanc Chapter 176 Diagnosis
of Pregnancy Karen Wolfsdorf Chapter 177 Early Embryonic Loss Kirk K. Vanderwall Chapter 178 Placentitis Fairfield T. Bain,
Walter Zent Chapter 179 Causes of Abortion Neil M. Williams Chapter 180 Diagnostic Approach to Abortion Neil M. Williams Chapter
181 Managing the High-Risk Pregnancy Karen Wolfsdorf
Section XVI The Foal
Chapter 182 Rescuing Foals
During Dystocia Jonathan E. Palmer Chapter 183 Placental Evaluation for Diagnosis of Foal Problems Peter R. Morresey, Kristina
G. Lu Chapter 184 Meconium Impaction Susan J. Holcombe, Kristin P. Chaney Chapter 185 Assays for Evaluation of Transfer of Passive
Immunity Johanna L. Watson Chapter 186 Septic Inflammatory Response Syndrome T. Douglas Byars, Elizabeth Carr Chapter 187 Management
of the Sick Neonatal Foal in the Field Fairfield T. Bain Chapter 188 Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Foals K. Gary Magdesian Chapter
189 Colic in Foals Susan J. Holcombe, Kristin P. Chaney Chapter 190 Nonsurgical Urogenital Diseases Sharon Witonsky Chapter
191 Angular Limb Deformities A. Berkley Chesen, Clifford M. Honnas Chapter 192 Juvenile Idiopathic Epilepsy in Arabian Foals of Egyptian
Linage Monica Aleman
Section XVII Miscellaneousm
Chapter 193 The Geriatric Horse Mary Rose Paradis Chapter
194 Diagnostic Approach to Chronic Weight Loss, Laureline Lecoq, Jean-Pierre Lavoie Chapter 195 Integrative Medicine: Applications
of Acupuncture Mark Chrisman, Rachel H.H. Tann Chapter 196 Stem Cell Therapy Linda A. Dahlgren Chapter 197 Choosing and Purchasing
Laser Equipment Tom Yarbrough Chapter 198 Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Nathan Slovis Chapter 199 Maintenance of Horses in Slings
Jeremy Hubert, Rebecca McConnico Chapter 200 Nursing Care of the Recumbent Horse Jaime Miller Chapter 201 Managing the Exhausted
Horse Jami Whiting Chapter 202 Rattlesnake Envenomation Langdon Fielding Chapter 203 Mycotoxins Robert H. Poppenga
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