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Equine Emergency and Critical Care Medicine

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Early recognition of problems by owners, appropriate first aid, and timely referral by field veterinarians improve the chance of survival for horses requiring emergency management and critical care. With a view toward improving patient outcome, Equine Emergency and Critical Care Medicine is written by a team of enthusiastic equine specialists who explore a host of conditions that the equine veterinarian will encounter. Areas covered include: – Digestive, musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, respiratory, urogenital, and nervous systems…

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Early recognition of problems by owners, appropriate first aid, and timely referral by field veterinarians improve the chance of survival for horses requiring emergency management and critical care. With a view toward improving patient outcome, Equine Emergency and Critical Care Medicine is written by a team of enthusiastic equine specialists who explore a host of conditions that the equine veterinarian will encounter. Areas covered include: – Digestive, musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, respiratory, urogenital, and nervous systems; – neonatal diseases; – lacerations, wounds, and skin diseases requiring emergency care; – emergency ophthalmological problems; – toxicology; – antimicrobial drugs and nutritional support; – fluid, inotrope, and vasopressor therapy; – sedation and analgesia; – systemic inflammatory response; – critical care of the pregnant mare and neonate. The text features a concise, bullet-point style to facilitate quick assimilation, along with color photos and useful charts and diagrams. Equine veterinarians will find this book an essential addition to their libraries. 871 p.

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Authors expertises affiliations

  • Louise L. Southwood. BVSc, PhD, DACVS, DACVECC, Associate Professor of Large Animal Emergency and Critical Care. University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, kenneth Square, PA (USA), Department of Clinical Studies – New Bolton Center.
  • Pamela A. Wilkins. DVM, MS, PhD, DACVIM, DACVECC, Professor, Veterinary Clinical Medicine. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL (USA), College of Veterinary Medicine.
  • Publication date (digital version): 2014-10 – CRC Press (imprint of Taylor & Francis Group).

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3 May 2018

If you saw something in practice and you didn’t know what it was, it’s highly likely you’d find a picture of it in this book, and, better still, really useful and good quality accompanying ultrasound images and radiographs … If I were off to an equine emergency of any description, I’d take this textbook with me

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