Current Therapy in Equine Medicine

SECTION I. Clinical Pharmacology 1.Neonatal pharmacology and therapeutics 2.Antimicrobial therapy 3.NSAIDs 4.Slow-acting disease modifying osteoarthritic agents 5.Injectable anesthetic protocols 6.Critical care therapy 7.Preventing the spread of infectious disease 8.Nutraceuticals 9.Pharmaceutical compounding 10.Drug testing SECTION II. Infectious Diseases 11.Equine viral arteritis 12.Equine herpesvirus 13.Equine influenza 14.Equine infectious anemia 15.Viral encephalitides 16.Vesicular stomatitis 17.Lyme disease 18.Salmonellosis 19.Rhodococcus equi infections 20.Strangles 21.Equine protozoal myelitis 22.Equine monocytic ehrlichiosis 23.Equine granulocytic ehrlichiosis 24.Leptospirosis SECTION III. Gastrointestinal Diseases 25.Dental problems 26.Differential diagnosis of oral ulceration 27.Esophaeal obstruction (choke) 28.Gastric ulcer syndrome 29.Management factors associated with colic 30.Gastric outflow obstruction 31.Endotoxemia 32.Modulation of intestinal motility 33.Parenteral nutrition for colic patients 34.Management of pain and dehydration 35.Duodenitis-Proximal jejunitis 36.Small intestinal strangulating obstruction 37.Ileal impaction 38.Large colon impaction 39.Large colon volvulus and reperfusion injury 40.Cecal impaction 41.Right dorsal colitis 42.Infiltrative bowel diseases 43.Laparoscopic and ultrasonographic 44.Rectal tears: initial management and liability 45.Peritonitis 46.Intestinal tapeworm infestation 47.Resistant cyathostomosis 48.Lawsonia intracellularis enteropathy 49.Clostridium difficile infection 50.Liver disease SECTION IV. Skin Diseases 51.Photosensitivity 52.Cutaneous drug reactions 53.Atopy 54.Arthropod hypersensitivity 55.Mites and ticks 56.Fly control 57.Cutaneous habronemiasis 58.Folliculitis 59.Pastern dermatitis 60.Sarcoid 61.Non-neoplastic Sterile Nodules 62.Cutaneous lymphosarcoma 63.Papillomatosis 64.Sporotrichosis 65.Alopecia areata 66.Linear alopecia and linear keratosis 67.Pemphigus foliaceus 68.Congenital skin disease 69.Burns SECTION V. Reproduction 70.Endometrial cytology 71.Endometrial culture 72.Endometrial cysts 73.Endometrial biopsy 74.Persistent mating-induced endometritis 75.Photoperiod manipulation 76.Induction of ovulation 77.Use of ultrasund to stage estrus 78.Twins 79.Foal heat breeding 80.Thyroid function and fertility 81.Management of stallions for artificial breeding 82.Endocrine Diagnostics for Stallion Subfertility 83.Ovarian abnormalities 84.Mare behavior problems 85.Liquid preservation of equine semen 86.Cryopreservation of semen 87.AI with shipped semen 88.Management of embryo donors-- 89.Embryo collection storage and transfer 90.Oocyte transfer 91.Fetal sexing 92.Peritoneal fluid 93.Placentitis 94.Placental hydrops 95.Stallion injuries 96.Ventral hernia and repubic tendon rupture 97.Uterine torsion 98.Induction of parturition 99.Stallion behavior problems 100.Obstetrics 101.Evaluation of the postpartum mare and foal 102.Postpartum prolapses and genital tract lacerations 103.Management of postpartum hemorrhage 104.Retained fetal membranes 105.Perineal and cervical lacerations SECTION VI. Hematopoietic Diseases 106.Diagnositc approach to anemia 107.Blood loss anemia 108.Anemia secondary to inadequate erythropoiesis 109.Hemolytic anemia 110.Thrombocytopenia 111.Hemostatic disorders 112.Blood and blood component therapy 113.Poycythemia 114.Lymphoproliferative and myeloproliferative disorders 115.Vasculitis SECTION VII. Upper Airway Diseases 116.Endoscopic examination of the upper airway 117.Diagnosis of sinus diseases 118.Progressive ethmoid hematoma 119.Axial deviation of the aryepiglottic folds 120.Arytenoid chondrosis 121.Laryngeal hemiplegia in non-racehorses 122.Guttural Pouch Disease 123.Post-anesthetic upper airway obstruction 124.Laser surgery of the upper airway 125.Permanent tracheostomy 126.Medical management of upper airway dysfunction SECTION VIII. Respiratory Diseases 127.Tracheal aspirates 128.Bronchoalveolar lavage 129.Inflammatory airway disease 130.Heaves 131.Pleuropneumonia 132.Interstitial pneumonia 133.Exercise-induced pulmonary hemmorhage 134.Pneumothorax, rib fractures, diaphragmaitc hernia 135.Aerosol devices 136.Aersol medications 137.Immunomodulators in respiratory disease treatment SECTION IX. Eye Diseases 138.Examination of the eye 139.Equine vision and optics 140.Ocular therapy 141.Emergency treatment of ocular trauma 142.Recurrent uveitis 143.Ocular manifestations of equine herpesviruses 144.Fungal keratitis 145.Ocular squamous cell carcinoma and sarcoid 146.Glaucoma 147.Epiphora SECTION X. Musculoskeletal Disease SECTION XI. Cardiovascular Disease SECTION XII. Foal Diseases 148.Evaluation and early care of the sick neonatal foal 149.Immunodeficiencies of foals 150.Neonatal isoerythrolysis 151.Sedation and general anesthesia in foals 152.Neonatal septicemia 153.Foal diarrhea 154.Cardiopulmonary resuscitiation 155.Evaluation of the foal with colic 156.Neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy 157.Neonatal prematurity 158.Respiratory disorders 159.Infectious musculoskeletal disorders SECTION XIII. Urinary System 160.Examination of the urinary system 161.Urinary incontinence 162.Congential disorders of the urinary tract 163.Polydipsia and polyuria 164.Urolithiasis and obstructive disease 165.Urinary tract neoplasia 166.Urinary tract infection 167.Acute renal failure 168.Chronic renal failure 169.Renal tubular acidosis 170.Aminoglycoside dosing 171.Hematuria 172.Uroperitoneum SECTION XIV. Nutrition 173.Clinical assessment of nutritional status 174.Dietary fat and fiber in equine nutrition 175.Prebiotics and probiotics 176.Nutrititional management in chronic disease 177.Nutritional management of chronic exertional rhabdomyolysis 178.Enteral and parenteral nutritional support of the critically ill neonate SECTION XV. Endocrine disorders SECTION XVI. Toxicology Appendices Table of drugs Clinical pathology data