Common Toxins in Equine Practice
Chapter 211 Common Toxins in Equine Practice Birgit Puschner, Julie E. Dechant Intoxications in horses are infrequent but can result in acute and often lethal presentations or chronic illness. Although…
Postanesthetic Myelopathy
Chapter 209 Postanesthetic Myelopathy Stavros Yiannikouris, Claude A. Ragle Postanesthetic myelopathy is an irreversible condition that leads to death or humane destruction of clinically affected horses. The condition, which follows…
Diagnosis of Ventral Cranial Trauma
Chapter 95 Diagnosis of Ventral Cranial Trauma Charlotte Sinclair, Anthony P. Pease Anatomic Overview of the Ventral Cranium In young horses, the basisphenoid-basioccipital bone that constitutes the ventral aspect of…
Acute Kidney Injury
Chapter 110 Acute Kidney Injury Harold C. Schott II, Evolution of Terminology and Incidence of Acute Renal Failure Prerenal failure has long been used to describe an acute, reversible increase…
Fungal Keratitis
Chapter 145 Fungal Keratitis Mary Lassaline Utter Equine keratomycosis can be a serious disease, resulting in permanent blindness in the affected eye or even loss of the affected globe. Early…
Blood Transfusion and Transfusion Reactions
Chapter 115 Blood Transfusion and Transfusion Reactions Kelsey A. Hart Whole blood transfusion is an integral component of managing severe anemia in horses and foals. Although complete diagnostic evaluation and…
Mating-Induced Endometritis
Chapter 165 Mating-Induced Endometritis Ryan A. Ferris Persistent mating-induced endometritis (PMIE), a noninfectious inflammatory condition of the uterus, is one of the most common reproductive abnormalities encountered by veterinarians who…
Dyslipidemias
Chapter 137 Dyslipidemias Philip J. Johnson From the equine medical perspective, the term dyslipidemia refers to clinical situations in which an increase in plasma triglyceride (TG) concentration above the reference…
Fluid Therapy in the Field
Chapter 207 Fluid Therapy in the Field C. Langdon Fielding In ambulatory equine practice, fluid administration can be a practical and life-saving therapeutic option. Treatment in a field setting may…
