Equine sports medicine and surgery : basic and clinical sciences of the equine athlete /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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St. Louis :
Elsevier,
[2025]
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| Edition: | Third edition |
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Table of Contents:
- History of equine exercise physiology
- The horse as an athlete
- Welfare of equine athletes in sport and social license to operate
- Laboratory exercise testing
- Exercise testing in the field
- The connected horse
- Conditioning of the equine athlete
- Genetic basis of equine performance
- Muscle physiology : responses to exercise and conditioning
- Muscle disorders of equine athletes
- Epidemiology of orthopedic injury and death in athletic horses
- Skeletal physiology: responses to exercise and training
- Tendon and ligament physiology
- Joint physiology: response to exercise and training
- Quantitative assessment of locomotion in the athletic horse
- Objective measurement of lameness
- Diagnosis of lameness
- Diseases of the foot
- Distal limb: fetlock and pastern
- Metacarpus/metatarsus
- The carpus
- Elbow and shoulder
- Tarsus and stifle
- Axial skeleton : neck, back, and pelvis
- Neurologic causes of gait abnormalities in athletic horses
- Soft tissue injuries: tendinitis and desmitis
- Pharmacotherapy of joint and tendon disease
- Equine rehabilitation
- Upper airway function of normal horses during exercise
- Abnormalities of the nasopharynx
- Diseases of the larynx and trachea
- Lower airway function : response to exercise and training
- Noninfectious inflammatory diseases of the lower airway of athletic horses (including equine asthma)
- Exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage
- Epidemiology and control of infectious respiratory disease in populations of athletic horses
- Heart and vessels: function during exercise and training adaptations
- Arrhythmias and abnormalities of the cardiac conduction system in athletic horses
- Structural heart diseases, cardiomyopathy, and diseases of the large vessels in athletic horses
- Energy metabolism : responses to exercise and training
- Nutrition for the equine athlete: nutrient requirements and key principles in ration design
- Body fluids and electrolytes: responses to exercise and training
- Acid-base physiology at rest, during exercise, and in response to training
- Abnormalities of body fluids and electrolytes in athletic horses
- Thermoregulation and exercise-associated heat illnesses
- Endocrine function during exercise and response to training
- Evaluation of clinicopathological abnormalities in athletic horses
- Exercise and immunity in horses
- Gastrointestinal disorders in athletic horses
- Behavior and behavioral abnormalities in athletic horses
- Vision and disorders of vision in performance horses
- Veterinary aspects of training, conditioning, and racing Thoroughred racehorses
- Veterinary aspects of training. conditioning, and racing horses used for harness racing
- Veterinary aspects of conditioning, training, and competing event horses
- Veterinary aspects of conditioning, training, and competing dressage horses
- Veterinary aspects of conditioning, training, and competing the showjumping horse
- Veterinary aspects of conditioning, training, and competing polo horses
- Veterinary aspects of conditioning, training, and competing endurance horses
- Veterinary aspects of conditioning, training, and competing western performance horses
- Veterinary aspects of the aged equine athlete
- Reproductive management of the athletic horse
- Emergency procedures and first aid for the equine athlete
- Examination of the equine athlete prior to purchase
- Detection of drug use in athletic horses
- Drug effects on performance of the equine athlete
- Appendix A: Reference values for red cell variables in athletic horses
- Appendix B: Reference values for the leukogram of athletic horses
- Appendix C: Reference values for biochemical variables in athletic horses