Veterinary Advice On Arthritis In Horses

Dr. McIlwraith's Joint Disease in the Horse, 2nd Edition is the only book to give you a full account of equine joint disease, combining a thorough, up-to-date survey of scientific advances with a practical guide to both medical and surgical treatments. With contributions from nationally and internationally recognized pioneers in the field, this groundbreaking text offers an overview of joint structure and function and translates the latest information on basic joint pathobiology into practical application for the clinician. Step-by-step guidance on injection techniques and medications, along with a survey of practical arthroscopic surgery and developments, make it a truly indispensable reference for all equine veterinarians treating sports and racing horses. UNIQUE! Unprecedented, state-of-the-art coverage of the pathology, pathogenesis, and clinical diagnosis of traumatic and degenerative joint disease, so you stay in the know. Section on general principles of joint pathobiology provides the background to evaluate and interpret the diagnostic and surgical aspects of disease. Explores treatments for traumatic arthritis and osteoarthritis and other joint entities, offering a broad range of options and up-to-date recommendations for problematic decisions. Addresses recent advances and results in arthroscopic surgery for the acute injury and results including fragment removal, fragment fixation, and synovectomy. Discussion of current research provides insight for difficult cases and calls out the directions in which future arthritis research is headed. More than 325 photographs and line drawings help engage and guide you through procedures and treatments. NEW! Full color throughout with new artwork and a range of new images including radiographs showing both the normal and the disease progression. NEW! Practical step-by-step approach demonstrates the authors' preferred injections methods and shows underlying anatomic correlations. NEW and UPDATED! Restructured and substantially revised to emphasize treatment options, making it a practical, concise, and accessible reference and text. NEW! All-new chapters on drugs and new biological therapies, including stem cells, IRAP, and PRP and thoroughly updated coverage of HA and corticosteroids. NEW! Covers advanced imaging, giving you the latest information available. NEW! Expert advice from Dr. McIlwraith, three new co-editors, and new contributors - all distinguished specialists in the field of joint disease in the horse. Lameness and surgical clinicians describe how to approach the various, specific disease conditions. Equine specific radiologists provide their opinions on the best imaging techniques for defining the disease and making interpretations.

In a simple, nontechnical way, the book discusses the types of arthritis as well as other joint problems that affect the horse and cause inflammation. Horse owners learn what treatments medical and surgical exist and more importantly, how to evaluate treatment options with their veterinarian. David W. Ramey, D.V.M., wrote all the books in the Concise Guides series as well as Howell's Horsefeathers: Facts Versus Myths About Your Horse's Health and edited the facsimile edition of The Anatomy of An Horse. He lives in Agoura Hills, California.

This full-color reference offers practical, evidence-based guidance on using more than 120 medicinal plants, including how to formulate herbal remedies to treat common disease conditions. A body-systems based review explores herbal medicine in context, offering information on toxicology, drug interactions, quality control, and other key topics. More than 120 herbal monographs provide quick access to information on the historical use of the herb in humans and animals, supporting studies, and dosing information. Includes special dosing, pharmacokinetics, and regulatory considerations when using herbs for horses and farm animals. Expanded pharmacology and toxicology chapters provide thorough information on the chemical basis of herbal medicine. Explores the evolutionary relationship between plants and mammals, which is the basis for understanding the unique physiologic effects of herbs. Includes a body systems review of herbal remedies for common disease conditions in both large and small animals. Discusses special considerations for the scientific research of herbs, including complex and individualized interventions that may require special design and nontraditional outcome goals.

Here is an indispensible book for owners and trainers of performance horses. Equine sports medicine is as much prevention as treatment. Your competitors are not playing around. They are educated, savvy, horsemen who understand equine exercise physiology and modern techniques of training horses to keep them healthy and performing at the top of their ability. Sports medicine techniques help you to safely train your horses to be fit and stay fit. Horses fit for their type of performance have less lameness and metabolic problems. Your performance horses were expensive. Learn how to put them in the winner's circle and keep them there. Read about the secrets veterinarians have learned. Dr. Jones cuts through the technical jargon, explaining in terms a horse owner can understand and appreciate, how to train and care for your performance horses properly.

Hello and welcome to this ebook called 'Household Pets and Exotic Animals’. I hope that you will find the information helpful, useful and profitable. The information in this ebook on various aspects of home and personal finance is organised into 17 chapters of about 500-600 words each. I hope that it will interest those who love animals. As an added bonus, I am granting you permission to use the content on your own website or in your own blogs and newsletter, although it is better if you rewrite them in your own words first. You may also split the book up and resell the articles. In fact, the only right that you do not have is to resell or give away the book as it was delivered to you.