This single, state-of-the-art clinical reference offers complete coverage of today's equine diagnostic approaches - including imaging modalities, biopsy methods, endoscopic approaches, and more. It details and thoroughly illustrates all of the proceduresthat are necessary for the general equine clinical examination as well as special examinations of individual body systems...explaining what diagnostic measures are necessary and why, how they should be performed, and what the results mean. Section 1, "Handling Horses", ...
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This single, state-of-the-art clinical reference offers complete coverage of today's equine diagnostic approaches - including imaging modalities, biopsy methods, endoscopic approaches, and more. It details and thoroughly illustrates all of the proceduresthat are necessary for the general equine clinical examination as well as special examinations of individual body systems...explaining what diagnostic measures are necessary and why, how they should be performed, and what the results mean. Section 1, "Handling Horses", describes the basics of physical and chemical restraint. Section 2 details what every general clinical examination should include, from history taking through confirmation to gross aspects of the body regions. The remaining chapters cover the specific examination of each individual body system, and also address the prepurchase examination, diet evaluation, and field necropsy. Over 600 superb figures illustrate a full range of examination methods and their findings. Appendices provide additional information on Endoscopic Instrumentation, Ultrasonography, Clinical Bacteriology, Evaluation of Pleural and Peritoneal Samples, Sample Contamination with Blood, and Needle Biopsy.
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