Equine Emergency and Critical Care Medicine

by Louise Southwood (Editor), Pamela A. Wilkins (Editor)

Overview

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 e

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040052853
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	10/24/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	880
File size:	35 MB
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About the Author

Louise L. Southwood, BVSc, PhD, DACVS, DACVECC
Associate Professor of Large Animal Emergency and Critical Care
Department of Clinical Studies - New Bolton Center
School of Veterinary Medicine
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

Pamela A. Wilkins, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVIM, DACVECC
Professor, Veterinary Clinical Medicine
Section Head, Equine Medicine and Surgery
College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

Table of Contents

Emergency medicine. Digestive system and peritoneal disease. Musculoskeletal system. Respiratory tract. Cardiovascular system. Urogenital system. Skin. Neurology. Eye and associated structures. Neonatology. Toxicology. Critical care. Monitoring. Fluid therapy. Inotrope and vasopressor therapy. Sedation and analgesia. Nutritional support. Antimicrobial drugs. The systemic inflammatory response. Postoperative colic patient. The pregnant mare. The neonate. The recumbent horse.

Editorial Reviews

"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."
—Emma Shipman in Veterinary Record

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