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The complete performance horse : preventive medicine, fitness, feeding, lameness /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vogel, Colin
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Newton Abbot, Devon : David & Charles, 1996.
Subjects:
Sports Medicine > Handbooks.
Horse Diseases > Handbooks.
Horses > injuries > Handbooks.
Table of Contents:
  • Infections & contagious diseases
  • When is an infectious disease contagious
  • How parasites, fungi, bacteria and viruses cause disease
  • Skin diseases
  • Infections affecting the legs
  • Infections of the nervous system
  • Infections of the respiratory system
  • Infections affecting the digestive system
  • The Spread of infections among competition horses
  • Preventing the spread of disease
  • The Immune system
  • Limitations of vaccination
  • Vaccine types
  • Side effects of vaccination
  • Named diseases.
  • Parasites
  • External parasites
  • Internal parasites
  • Designing a worming programme
  • General considerations for positive health
  • Buying a performance horse
  • Equine insurance
  • Veterinary attendance at equine events
  • Dental care
  • Shoeing
  • The First-aid kit
  • Prevention of disease: the overall plan