Equine Medicine and Surgery: A Comprehensive Guide for Veterinary Students and Practitioners

This concise and practical text, written by renowned authors Franois-Ren Bertin, Antonio Cruz, Andy Durham, Derek Knottenbelt, and Graham Munroe, provides essential information on equine medicine and surgery, focusing on skin, urinary, liver, and endocrine diseases.

A Logical and Clinical-Based Approach

The book is part of a five-book series that extracts and updates key information from Munro’s Equine Surgery, Reproduction and Medicine, Second Edition. It distills best practices in a logical and straightforward clinical-based approach, making it an ideal resource for veterinary students and practitioners.

Key Features

• Covers clinical anatomy, physical clinical examination techniques, diagnostic techniques, and normal parameters
• Emphasizes practical information regularly available to general practitioners, with minimal information on advanced techniques
• Features extensive use of bullet points, tables, flow charts, diagrams, lists, protocols, and illustrations

Diseases Covered

The book provides in-depth coverage of various diseases and disorders, including:

Liver Disease

• Clinical evaluation
• Diagnostic tests
• Possible causes
• Treatment options

Endocrine Disease

• Dermatological approach to endocrine disease
• Specific diseases of the thyroid, parathyroid, pituitary gland, equine metabolic syndrome, and other miscellaneous disorders

Urinary Tract Problems

• Diagnostic tests and imaging
• Renal diseases
• Diseases of the ureter, bladder, and urethra

Skin Disease

• Detailed discussion on the approach to skin disease
• Relevant diagnostic tests
• Individual skin diseases covered under genetic, infectious, immune-mediated, nutritional, endocrine, idiopathic, traumatic, and neoplastic causes
• Skin wounds, burns, and infections of synovial structures

This comprehensive guide is ideal for veterinary students and nurses on clinical placements with horses, as well as practitioners needing a quick reference on the go.

Product Details:

Publication Date: January 26, 2024

Publisher: CRC Press; 1st edition

Language: English