Chapter 60 Severe Pneumonia and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Harold C. MCKenzie III, Lower respiratory infections are a common problem in adult horses and foals, and can range from mild…
Chapter 73 Diagnostic Approach to Protein-Losing Enteropathies Harold C. McKenzie III, Protein-losing enteropathy (PLE) is a clinical syndrome in which intestinal disease or dysfunction results in gastrointestinal tract protein loss…
Chapter 52 Update on Recurrent Laryngeal Neuropathy Laura K. Tulloch, Justin D. Perkins Recurrent laryngeal neuropathy (RLN) is a common cause of upper respiratory tract obstruction and poor performance in…
Chapter 20 Upper Airway Obstructions Elizabeth J. Davidson Upper airway obstructions are among the most frequent causes of poor performance in horses, being second in frequency only to musculoskeletal injuries….
Chapter 88 Forebrain Diseases Caroline Hahn The forebrain comprises the two cerebral hemispheres (cerebrum/telencephalon) and the thalamus (diencephalon). Most of the gray matter is located superficially, forming the cerebral cortex,…
Chapter 59 Recurrent Airway Obstruction and Inflammatory Airway Disease M. Eilidh Wilson, N. Edward Robinson Recurrent airway obstruction (RAO) and inflammatory airway disease (IAD) are common inflammatory obstructive diseases of…
Chapter 119 Evaluation of Hemostasis Kira L. Epstein Appropriate clot formation through primary and secondary hemostasis is required to prevent blood loss associated with vascular injury. Equally as important, fibrinolysis…
Chapter 79 Lawsonia intracellularis Infection and Proliferative Enteropathy Michele L. Frazer Proliferative enteropathy caused by Lawsonia intracellularis historically has been considered a disease of pigs, but in the past decade…
Chapter 116 Foal Immunodeficiency Syndrome Sarah Blott Foal immunodeficiency syndrome (FIS) is an inherited condition causing severe anemia and B-lymphocyte deficiency in affected individuals. The condition was first reported in…
Chapter 113 Equine Infectious Anemia Charles J. Issel, R. Frank Cook Equine infectious anemia (EIA) is a disease caused by the equine infectious anemia virus (EIAV), a virus that is…
