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The Horse Professional Guide to Colic (download version - GB Pounds) |
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The Horse Professional Guide to Colic (download version - Euros) |
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The Horse Professional Guide to Colic (download version - US dollars) |
$14.99
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The Horse Professional Guide to Colic (paperback - GB Pounds) |
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The Horse Professional Guide to Colic (paperback - Euros) |
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The Horse Professional Guide to Colic (paperback - US dollars) |
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Synopsis: Horse professionals' guide to colic
This book is intended to help owners understand the multitude of conditions that can cause colic in horses. The book starts with a basic description of the anatomy of the equine digestive tract and outlines the design flaws of horses’ bowels that predispose the species to serious abdominal accidents. What to do when a horse develops colic and how to cope until the veterinarian arrives are covered as well as some simple steps that owners can take to try to avoid their horses developing colic. The book is also intended to give support and information to owners whose horses who have undergone colic surgery. Potential costs, complications and aftercare for surgical cases are covered. The book is suitable for anyone who owns a horse and wants to become better informed and prepared to deal with this common, potentially fatal, condition in horses.
Reviews
‘The Horse Professional Guide To Colic provides accessible, informative advice to the horse owner on the often confusing and misunderstood subject of colic. It is full of useful information for anyone who wants to better understand colic and how to deal with it.’
Marcus Swail BVMS MRCVS, Irish Showjumping Team Vet
'It's extremely up to date and is full of highly relevant and invaluable information for both student veterinary nurses, and those in practice, who are looking to improve their skills in the area of equine colic. The clear layout and excellent illustrations make it an enjoyable, as well as a highly informative, read. It will be very beneficial to veterinary nurses who want to improve their knowledge of the acute equine abdomen and optimise their patient care. Colic surgery epitomises the dedicated and highly skilled team approach required of the veterinary practitioners and nurses who assess, stabilise, anaesthetise, operate on and intensively nurse these patients in order to restore them to health. I will be recommending this book to all my students, and I hope that many others also will learn from it, to the benefit of horses everywhere.'
Karen Dunne, CertEM(Stud Med), MVB. Veterinary Nursing Lecturer, Department of Applied Sciences, Dundalk Institute of Technology.
Contents
Introduction
Section one - What is colic? How to recognize symptoms and understand potential causes.
Section two - What causes colic? Horse and management related factors that predispose to colic.
Section three - Coping with colic. Practical steps to take to be prepared for a colic episode. What to do if your horse shows signs of colic.
Section four - The veterinary examination of colic cases. The procedures that your veterinarian may carry out, why they are important and what they tell you.
Section five - Colic surgery. Understanding the emotional, financial and physical complications of colic surgery in horses.
Section Six - Medical colic
Section Seven - Further information. Euthanasia. How to cope with losing your horse
Useful websites and further reference sources
Glossary of terms used by vets
