Manual Of Equine Gastroenterology

Description: This book provides the equine expert and general veterinary practitioner with a complete review of the latest information on all aspects of equine gastroenterology. Edited by an international team of equine specialists and with over 55 contributors from the USA and Europe, it provides the most up-to-date information on a wide range of conditions such as colic, hepatobiliary disease, oesophageal disorders, diarrhoea, gastrointestinal parasites and many more. With detailed chapters on diagnosis and clinical examination, medical and surgical treatment and management of complications, it gives veterinarians all the information they need to diagnose and treat any gastrointestinal problem in the horse or foal. Table of Contents: Section 1: Diagnostic procedures in equine gastroenterology General physical exam and auscultation Advanced Diagnostic Procedures Laparoscopy instrumentation Section 2: Gastrointestinal parasites and their control Gastrointestinal parasites and their control Section 3: Dysphagia, oral and oesophageal diseases Differential diagnosis and evaluation of dysphagia. Dental disease / Cleft palate / Disorders of the mouth Oesophageal diseases Section 4: Colic Pathophysiology, aetiology, and risk factors for equine colic Clinical evaluation of the colic case Surgery for Colic (incl. anaesthesia) Postoperative Treatment and Complications Diseases of the stomach Small intestine diseases which can result in colic Caecum diseases which can result in colic Large Colon diseases which can result in colic Small colon and rectum diseases Other conditions Section 5: Chronic weight loss, malabsorption syndromes and liver disease Chronic Weight Loss Hepatic and biliary tract diseases Section 6: Acute and chronic diarrhoea Acute Diarrhoea Chronic Diarrhoea Section 7: Gastrointestinal disease in the foal Clinical Evaluation of the Foal Stomach diseases of the foal Small intestine diseases associated with colic Large and small colon diseases associated with colic Rectum and anus diseases of the foal Diarrhoea in the foal Hepatic diseases in foals