Equine Clinical Nutrition
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-1-119-30369-5 (ISBN)
The second edition of »Equine Clinical Nutrition« is a fully updated and expanded revision of the classic student text on nutritional management of horses, covering updated nutrient recommendations, rations, feeding management, clinical nutrition and many other important topics in the field. To aid in reader comprehension, this new edition takes a new instructional approach to nutritional management using an iterative sequence of defined procedures.
Divided into distinct sections for easy accessibility, this book is a comprehensive resource for feeding practices and management of healthy and sick horses alike. A thorough understanding of life stages, anatomy, physiology, and behavior underpins the practice of clinical nutrition.
Sample topics covered in »Equine Clinical Nutrition« include:
- The evolution of horses to changing food supply, the importance of their microbiome, and the behavior patterns of feeding and drinking
- Nutrient metabolism of water, energy, protein, minerals, and vitamins, plus ration assessment, farm investigations, forages, and toxic plants
- Manufactured feeds, dietary supplements, USA feed regulations, and feed safety protocols
- Nutritional assessment of horses by life stage, recognizing pain and discomfort behaviors, and dietary management of weight and major system disorders
»Equine Clinical Nutrition« is an essential text for students of veterinary medicine, animal science, pre-veterinary programs, and a desk reference for equine practitioners wanting practical clinical feeding recommendations. With comprehensive coverage of the topic, it is an essential text for everything related to nutrition in horses.
Rebecca L. Remillard, DVM, PhD, DACVN, is the Founder and President of Veterinary Nutritional Consultations, Inc. in Hollister, North Carolina, USA.
Section l The Horse
Animal Assessment
1 Feeding Horses: Back to Evolution
2 Nutritional Assessment of the Horse
3 The Horse : Host
4 The Horse : Microbiome
Section II The Ration
Nutrient Metabolism
5 Water
6 Energy
7 Protein
8 Minerals
9 Vitamins
Ration Assessment
10 Ration Assessment and Farm Investigations
11 Forages
12 Toxic Plants
13 Manufactured Feeds
14 Herbs and Dietary Supplements
15 USA Feed Regulations and Safety
Section II Feeding Management
Healthy Horses
16 Feeding and Drinking Behaviors
17 Feeding Adult and Senior Horses
18 Feeding Athletes and Working Horses
19 Feeding Stallions
20 Feeding Broodmares
21 Feeding Growing Horses
Clinical Nutrition
22 Pain and Discomfort Behaviors
23 Weight Management
24 Refeeding and Assisted feeding
25 Musculoskeletal System Disorders
26 Digestive System Disorders
27 Endocrine System Disorders
28 Metabolic Syndrome
Appendix
1 Abbreviations
2 Average body weight and heights of horses
3 Glossary
4 Nutrition Resources
5 Case in Point Answers and Outcomes
6 Nutrition Competencies of Equine Veterinarians
| Erscheinungsdatum | 21.04.2023 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Hoboken |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 666 g |
| Einbandart | gebunden |
| Themenwelt | Veterinärmedizin ► Pferd |
| ISBN-10 | 1-119-30369-9 / 1119303699 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-119-30369-5 / 9781119303695 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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