Chapter 32 PCR in Infectious Disease Diagnosis and Management Nicola Pusterla, Christian M. Leutenegger The ready availability of a correct etiologic diagnosis, particularly in the setting of contagious infections, enables…
Chapter 26 Impact of FEI Rules on Sport Horse Medications Kent Allen, Stephen A. Schumacher In 1921, the countries of France, the United States, Sweden, Japan, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and…
Chapter 12 Recognition of Pain Erin K. Contino, Khursheed R. Mama Pain Pain is defined by the International Association for the Study of Pain as an “unpleasant sensory and emotional…
Chapter 6 Extensive Skin Loss/Degloving Injury Daniel J. Burba Degloving injuries are wounds in which the skin becomes separated from its subcutaneous attachments. These injuries most commonly occur on the…
Chapter 29 Biosecurity in Hospitals Helen Aceto The purposes of this chapter are to provide a brief overview of biosecurity and to outline specific practical recommendations for the management of…
Chapter 23 Neck Pain and Stiffness Duncan F. Peters, Nicole Rombach In the sport horse, neck pain is one of the common complaints affecting athletic performance. Finding the origin of…
Chapter 21 Heat Stress Benjamin R. Buchanan Heat-related illness is a collection of hyperthermic syndromes that are poorly described in the horse and include heat cramps, heat exhaustion, and heat…
Chapter 8 Penetrating Wounds of Synovial Structures Eileen S. Hackett Penetrating wounds of synovial structures occur secondary to trauma and result in wounds that communicate with joints and tendon sheaths….
Chapter 13 Analgesic Pharmacology Heather K. Knych Perception of pain begins with stimulation of nociceptors located in tissues. Stimulation of these nociceptors, whether from chemical or physical (heat, cold, or…
Chapter 15 Postoperative Pain Control Khursheed R. Mama, Erin K. Contino The negative consequences of pain are far reaching and have been well described. In the perioperative period, pain may…
