Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult

Equine

Jean-Pierre Lavoie

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN: 9781119190219
• eBook ISBN: 9781119190318
• Edition: 3
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Equine Veterinary Science

Written by today's leading experts, this book keeps practitioners completely current with the latest in disease management of horses, taking a clear and practical approach ideal for daily equine practice. Arranged by subject for efficient searching, each topic covers clinical signs, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up. Practitioners gain quick access to information about conditions and disorders encompassing behavior, cardiology, dermatology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, hematology, infectious diseases, laboratory tests, musculoskeletal, neonatology, neurology, ophthalmology, respiratory, theriogenology, toxicology, and urinary diseases.

Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Equine, Third Edition enhances the practitioner's skills in evidence-based treatment planning, and is unmatched for its comprehensive coverage of more than 500 diseases and conditions. This handy, practical guide will help cut down on time spent navigating through other resources, so that equine veterinarians and veterinary students can study, diagnose, and treat with greater efficacy.

Key Features

• The premier all-in-one equine resource designed specifically for quick information retrieval
• Divided into identically formatted topics for easy searching by alphabetical listing or by body system
• Coverage of more than 500 diseases and conditions
• Fast access to the accumulated wisdom of hundreds of veterinary experts
• Includes a companion website with 43 editable client handouts, 3 video clips, 8 color images, and select further reading

Table of contents

• Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Equine
• Preface
• Consulting Editors
• Contributors
• About the Companion Website
• Contents
• Contents by Subject
• 1 Abdominal Distention in the Adult Horse
• 2 Abdominal Hernia in Adult Horses
• 3 Abdominocentesis—Increased Peritoneal Fluid
• 4 Abnormal Estrus Intervals
• 5 Abnormal Scrotal Enlargement
• 6 Abnormal Testicular Size
• 7 Abortion, Spontaneous, Infectious
• 8 Abortion, Spontaneous, Noninfectious
• 9 Acer rubrum (Red Maple) Toxicosis
• 10 Acidosis, Metabolic
• 11 Acidosis, Respiratory
• 12 Actinobacillosis
• 13 Acute Adult Abdominal Pain—Acute Colic
• 14 Acute Epiglottiditis
• 15 Acute Hepatitis in Adult Horses (Theiler Disease)
• 16 Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) and Acute Renal Failure (ARF)
• 17 Acute-Phase Response
• 18 Adenovirus
• 19 Adrenal Insufficiency
• 20 Aflatoxicosis
• 21 African Horse Sickness
• 22 Agalactia/Hypogalactia
• 23 Aggression
• 24 Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP)
• 25 Alkalosis, Metabolic
• 26 Alkalosis, Respiratory
• 27 Alopecia
• 28 Amitraz Toxicosis
• 29 Ammonia, Hyperammonemia
• 30 Amylase, Lipase, and Trypsin
• 31 Anaerobic Bacterial Infections
• 32 Anaphylaxis
• 33 Anemia
• 34 Anemia, Chronic Disease
• 35 Anemia, Heinz Body
• 36 Anemia, Immune Mediated
• 37 Anemia, Iron Deficiency
• 38 Anestrus
• 39 Angular Limb Deformity
• 40 Anhidrosis
• 41 Anorexia and Decreased Food Intake
• 42 Anthrax
• 43 Anticoagulant Rodenticide Toxicosis
• 44 Anuria/Oliguria
• 45 Aortic Regurgitation
• 46 Aortic Rupture
• 47 Aortoiliac Thrombosis
• 48 Arsenic Toxicosis
• 49 Artificial Insemination
• 50 Arytenoid Chondropathy
• 51 Ascarid Infestation
• 52 Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST)
• 53 Aspiration Pneumonia
• 54 Atheroma of the False Nostril
• 55 Atopic Dermatitis
• 56 Atrial Fibrillation
• 57 Atrial Septal Defect
• 58 Atypical Myopathy
• 59 Aural Plaques
• 60 Azotemia and Uremia
• 1 Back Pain
• 2 Bacteremia/Sepsis
• 3 Bacterial Dermatitis—Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococci
• 4 Bile Acids
• 5 Bilirubin (Hyperbilirubinemia)
• 6 Biosecurity, Disinfectants in the Breeding Shed
• 7 Blood and Plasma Transfusion Reactions
• 8 Blood Culture
• 9 Blue-Green Algae
• 10 Bordetella bronchiseptica
• 11 Botulism
• 12 Bradyarrhythmias
• 13 Broad Ligament Hematoma
• 14 Brucellosis
• 15 Bruxism
• 16 Burdock Pappus Bristle Keratopathy
• 1 Calcific Band Keratopathy
• 2 Calcium, Hypercalcemia
• 3 Calcium, Hypocalcemia
• 4 Cantharidin Toxicosis
• 5 Cardiotoxic Plants
• 6 Castration, Henderson Castration Instrument
• 7 Castration, Routine
• 8 Centaurea and Acroptilon Toxicosis
• 9 Cerebellar Abiotrophy
• 10 Cervical Lesions
• 11 Cervical Vertebral Malformation
• 12 Cestrum diurnum Toxicosis
• 13 Chloride, Hyperchloremia
• 14 Chloride, Hypochloremia
• 15 Cholelithiasis
• 16 Chorioretinitis
• 17 Chronic Diarrhea
• 18 Chronic Kidney Disease
• 19 Chronic Progressive Lymphedema
• 20 Chronic Weight Loss
• 21 Cleft Palate
• 22 Clitoral Enlargement
• 23 Clostridial Myositis
• 24 Clostridium difficile Infection
• 25 Coagulation Defects, Acquired
• 26 Coagulation Defects, Inherited
• 27 Coccidioidomycosis
• 28 Coccidiosis
• 29 Colic in Foals
• 30 Colic, Chronic/Recurrent
• 31 Complex Congenital Cardiac Disease
• 32 Conception Failure in Mares
• 33 Congenital Cardiac Abnormalities
• 34 Conium maculatum (Poison Hemlock) Toxicosis
• 35 Conjunctival Diseases
• 36 Contagious Equine Metritis (CEM)
• 37 Corneal/Scleral Lacerations
• 38 Corneal Stromal Abscesses
• 39 Corneal Ulceration
• 40 Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis
• 41 Cough, Acute/Chronic
• 42 Creatine Kinase (CK)
• 43 Cryptorchidism
• 44 Cryptosporidiosis
• 45 Cutaneous Photosensitization
• 46 Cyanide Toxicosis
• 47 Cyathostominosis
• 48 Cytology of Bronchoalveolar Lavage (BAL) Fluid
• 49 Cytology of Pleural Fluid
• 50 Cytology of Tracheal Aspiration (TA) Fluid
• 1 Dacryocystitis
• 2 Delayed Uterine Involution
• 3 Dermatomycoses, Subcutaneous (SC)
• 4 Dermatomycoses, Superficial
• 5 Dermatophilosis
• 6 Diaphragmatic Hernia
• 7 Diarrhea, Neonate
• 8 Dicoumarol (Moldy Sweet Clover) Toxicosis
• 9 Diseases of the Equine Nictitans
• 10 Disorders of Sexual Development
• 11 Disorders of the Thyroid, Hypo- and Hyperthyroidism
• 12 Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
• 13 Distal and Proximal Interphalangeal Joint Disease
• 14 Distal Tarsitis
• 15 Dorsal Displacement of the Soft Palate (DDSP)
• 16 Dorsal Metacarpal Bone, Disease
• 17 Dourine, Dourine
• 18 Duodenitis–Proximal Jejunitis (Anterior Enteritis, Proximal Enteritis)
• 19 Dynamic Collapse of the Upper Airways
• 20 Dystocia
• 1 Ear Tick-Associated Muscle Cramping
• 2 Early Embryonic Death
• 3 Eastern (EEE), Western (WEE), and Venezuelan (VEE) Equine Encephalitides
• 4 Eclampsia
• 5 Ectoparasites
• 6 Embryo Transfer
• 7 Endocarditis, Infective
• 8 Endometrial Biopsy
• 9 Endometritis
• 10 Endotoxemia
• 11 Enterolithiasis
• 12 Eosinophilia and Basophilia
• 13 Eosinophilic Enteritis
• 14 Eosinophilic Keratitis
• 15 Epiglottic Entrapment
• 16 Equine Asthma
• 17 Equine Coronavirus
• 18 Equine Granulocytic Anaplasmosis
• 19 Equine Herpesvirus 5
• 20 Equine Herpesvirus Myeloencephalopathy
• 21 Equine Metabolic Syndrome (EMS)/Insulin Dysregulation (ID)
• 22 Equine Motor Neuron Disease
• 23 Equine Odontoclastic Tooth Resorption and Hypercementosis
• 24 Equine Oocytes and Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI)
• 25 Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis (EPM)
• 26 Equine Recurrent Uveitis
• 27 Equine Sarcoidosis
• 28 Esophageal Obstruction (Choke)
• 29 Excessive Maternal Behavior/Foal Stealing
• 30 Exercise-Associated Arrhythmias
• 31 Exercise-Induced Pulmonary Hemorrhage (EIPH)
• 32 Exercise Intolerance in Sport Horses
• 33 Exertional Rhabdomyolysis
• 34 Expiratory Dyspnea
• 35 Exudative Optic Neuropathy
• 36 Eyelid Diseases
• 1 Failure of Transfer of Passive Immunity (FTPI)
• 2 Fear
• 3 Fescue Toxicosis
• 4 Fetal Stress/Distress/Viability
• 5 Fever
• 6 Flexural Limb Deformity
• 7 Fluid Therapy, Neonate
• 8 Foal Immunodeficiency Syndrome
• 9 Fractures in Endurance Horses
• 10 Fumonisins
• 11 Fungal Pneumonia
• 12 Fusaria
• 1 Gamma-Glutamyltransferase (GGT)
• 2 Gastric Dilation/Distention
• 3 Gastric Impaction
• 4 Gastric Neoplasia
• 5 Gastric Ulcers and Erosions (Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome, EGUS)
• 6 Gastric Ulcers, Neonate
• 7 Getah Virus Infection
• 8 Glanders
• 9 Glaucoma
• 10 Glucose, Hyperglycemia
• 11 Glucose, Hypoglycemia
• 12 Glucose Tolerance Tests
• 13 Glycogen Branching Enzyme Deficiency
• 14 Goiter
• 15 Granulomatous Enteritis
• 16 Grass Sickness
• 17 Guttural Pouch Empyema
• 18 Guttural Pouch Mycosis
• 19 Guttural Pouch Tympany
• 1 Headshaking
• 2 Head Trauma
• 3 Heaves (Severe Equine Asthma, RAO)
• 4 Hemangiosarcoma
• 5 Hemorrhage, Acute
• 6 Hemorrhage, Chronic
• 7 Hemorrhagic Nasal Discharge
• 8 Hemospermia
• 9 Hendra Virus
• 10 Hepatic Abscess and Septic Cholangiohepatitis
• 11 Hepatic Encephalopathy
• 12 Hereditary Equine Regional Dermal Asthenia
• 13 Hernias (Umbilical and Inguinal)
• 14 Herpesvirus 3
• 15 Herpesvirus Types 1 and 4
• 16 High-Risk Pregnancy
• 17 Hydrocephalus
• 18 Hydrops Allantois/Amnion
• 19 Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis
• 20 Hyperlipidemia/Hyperlipemia
• 21 Hyperthermia
• 22 Hypoxemia
• 1 Icterus (Prehepatic, Hepatic, Posthepatic)
• 2 Idiopathic Colitis/Typhlitis
• 3 Ileal Hypertrophy
• 4 Ileus
• 5 Immune-Mediated Keratitis
• 6 Immunoglobulin Deficiencies
• 7 Immunosuppression
• 8 Impaction
• 9 Infectious Anemia (EIA)
• 10 Infectious Arthritis (Nonhematogenous)
• 11 Inflammatory Airway Disease—IAD IN PERFORMANCE HORSES (Mild and Moderate Equine Asthma)
• 12 Influenza
• 13 Insect Hypersensitivity
• 14 Inspiratory Dyspnea
• 15 Insulin Levels/Insulin Tolerance Test
• 16 Internal Abdominal Abscesses
• 17 Intestinal Absorption Tests
• 18 Intra-abdominal Hemorrhage in Horses
• 19 Intracarotid Injections
• 20 Ionophore Toxicosis
• 21 Iris Prolapse
• 22 Iron Toxicosis
• 23 Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
• 24 Isocoma pluriflora Toxicosis
• 1 Juglans nigra (Black Walnut) Toxicosis
• 1 Laminitis
• 2 Lantana camara Toxicosis
• 3 Large Colon Torsion
• 4 Large Ovary Syndrome
• 5 Laryngeal Hemiparesis/Hemiplegia (Recurrent Laryngeal Neuropathy)
• 6 Lavender Foal Syndrome
• 7 Lawsonia Intracellularis Infections in Foals
• 8 Lead (Pb) Toxicosis
• 9 Learning, Training, and Behavior Problems
• 10 Lens Opacities/Cataracts
• 11 Leptospirosis
• 12 Lethal White Foal Syndrome
• 13 Leukocytoclastic Pastern Vasculitis
• 14 Leukoencephalomalacia
• 15 Locomotor Stereotypic Behaviors
• 16 Lungworm—Parasitic Bronchitis and Pneumonia
• 17 Lyme Disease
• 18 Lymphadenopathy
• 19 Lymphocytic–Plasmacytic Enterocolitis
• 20 Lymphocytosis
• 21 Lymphopenia
• 22 Lymphosarcoma
• 1 Magnesium (Mg2+)
• 2 Magnesium Disorders
• 3 Malabsorption
• 4 Malicious Intoxication
• 5 Mastitis
• 6 Maternal Foal Rejection
• 7 Meconium Retention
• 8 Melanoma
• 9 Melena and Hematochezia
• 10 Meningitis, Neonate
• 11 Mercury Toxicosis
• 12 Metabolic Disorders in Endurance Horses
• 13 Metacarpo- (Metatarso-)phalangeal Joint Disease
• 14 Metaldehyde Toxicosis
• 15 Methemoglobin
• 16 Methylxanthine Toxicosis
• 17 Mitral Regurgitation
• 18 Monensin Toxicosis
• 19 Monocytosis
• 20 Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Syndrome
• 21 Multiple Myeloma
• 22 Multisystemic Eosinophilic Epitheliotropic Disease
• 23 Myeloproliferative Diseases
• 24 Myocardial Disease
• 1 Narcolepsy and Cataplexy
• 2 Navicular Syndrome
• 3 Neonatal Isoerythrolysis
• 4 Neonatal Maladjustment Syndrome
• 5 Nerium oleander (Oleander) Toxicosis
• 6 Neuroaxonal Dystrophy/Equine Degenerative Myeloencephalopathy
• 7 Neutropenia
• 8 Neutrophilia
• 9 Nigropallidal Encephalomalacia
• 10 Nitrate/Nitrite Toxicosis
• 11 Nutrition in Foals
• 12 Nutritional Myodegeneration
• 13 Nutritional Secondary Hyperparathyroidism (NSHPT)
• 1 Ocular/Adnexal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
• 2 Ocular Examination
• 3 Ocular Problems in the Neonate
• 4 Omphalophlebitis
• 5 Optic Nerve Atrophy
• 6 Oral Neoplasia
• 7 Oral Stereotypic Behavior
• 8 Oral Ulcers
• 9 Orbital Disease
• 10 Organophosphate and Carbamate Toxicosis
• 11 Osmolality, Hyperosmolality
• 12 Osteoarthritis
• 13 Osteochondrosis
• 14 Ovulation Failure
• 1 Pancreatic Disease
• 2 Pancytopenia
• 3 Panicum coloratum (Kleingrass) Toxicosis
• 4 Papillomatosis
• 5 Paraphimosis
• 6 Pastern Dermatitis
• 7 Patent Ductus Arteriosus
• 8 Patent Urachus
• 9 Pemphigus Foliaceus
• 10 Penetrating Injuries to the Foot
• 11 Penile Lacerations
• 12 Penile Paralysis
• 13 Penile Vesicles, Erosions, and Tumors
• 14 Pentachlorophenol (PCP) Toxicosis
• 15 Pericarditis
• 16 Perineal Lacerations/Recto-Vaginal-Vestibular Fistulas
• 17 Periocular Sarcoid
• 18 Periodontal Disease
• 19 Peritonitis
• 20 Petechiae, Ecchymoses, and Hematomas
• 21 Pharyngeal Lymphoid Hyperplasia (Pharyngitis)
• 22 Pheochromocytoma
• 23 Phimosis
• 24 Phosphorus, Hyperphosphatemia
• 25 Phosphorus, Hypophosphatemia
• 26 Photic Headshaking
• 27 Photosensitization
• 28 Pica
• 29 Pigmenturia (Hematuria, Hemoglobinuria, and Myoglobinuria)
• 30 Piroplasmosis
• 31 Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction
• 32 Placenta Basics
• 33 Placental Insufficiency
• 34 Placentitis
• 35 Plasma Proteins
• 36 Pleuropneumonia
• 37 Pneumonia, Neonate
• 38 Pneumothorax
• 39 Pneumovagina/Pneumouterus
• 40 Poisoning (Intoxication)—General Principles
• 41 Polycythemia
• 42 Polyneuritis Equi
• 43 Polysaccharide Storage Myopathy
• 44 Polyuria (PU) and Polydipsia (PD)
• 45 Postpartum Metritis
• 46 Potassium, Hyperkalemia
• 47 Potassium, Hypokalemia
• 48 Potomac Horse Fever (PHF)
• 49 Pregnancy Diagnosis
• 50 Premature Placental Separation
• 51 Prematurity/Dysmaturity in Foals
• 52 Prepubic Tendon Rupture
• 53 Priapism
• 54 Primary Hyperparathyroidism
• 55 Probiotics in Foals and Horses
• 56 Progressive Ethmoidal Hematoma (PEH)
• 57 Proliferative Optic Neuropathy
• 58 Prolonged Diestrus
• 59 Prolonged Pregnancy
• 60 Protein, Hyperproteinemia
• 61 Protein, Hypoproteinemia
• 62 Protein-Losing Enteropathy (PLE)
• 63 Ptyalism
• 64 Purpura Haemorrhagica
• 65 Purulent Nasal Discharge
• 66 Pyometra
• 67 Pyrrolizidine Alkaloid Toxicosis
• 1 Quercus spp. (Oak) Toxicosis
• 1 Rabies
• 2 Rectal Prolapse
• 3 Rectal Tears
• 4 Regurgitation/Vomiting/Dysphagia
• 5 Removal and Shipment of Ovaries for Postmortem ICSI
• 6 Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Foals
• 7 Resuscitation, Neonate
• 8 Retained Deciduous Teeth
• 9 Retained Fetal Membranes
• 10 Rhodococcus equi (Prescottella equi)
• 11 Rib Fractures in Foals
• 12 Right and Left Dorsal Displacement of the Colon
• 13 Right Dorsal Colitis
• 14 Robinia pseudoacacia (Black Locust) Toxicosis
• 15 Rotavirus
• 1 Salmonellosis
• 2 Sand Impaction and Enteropathy
• 3 Sarcoid
• 4 Seasonal Pasture Myopathy/Atypical Myopathy
• 5 Seizure Disorders
• 6 Seizures in Foals
• 7 Selenium Intoxication
• 8 Self-Mutilation
• 9 Septic Arthritis, Neonate
• 10 Septicemia, Neonate
• 11 Septic Meningoencephalomyelitis
• 12 Serum Amyloid A (SAA)
• 13 Severe Combined Immunodeficiency
• 14 Shivers (Shivering)
• 15 Sinusitis (Paranasal)
• 16 Slaframine Toxicosis
• 17 Small Intestinal Obstruction
• 18 Smoke Inhalation
• 19 Snake Envenomation
• 20 Sodium, Hypernatremia
• 21 Sodium, Hyponatremia
• 22 Solanum spp. (Nightshade) Toxicosis
• 23 Solar Abscess
• 24 Soluble Oxalate Toxicosis
• 25 Sorbitol Dehydrogenase (SDH)
• 26 Sorghum spp. Toxicosis
• 27 Spermatogenesis and Factors Affecting Sperm Production
• 28 Spider Envenomation
• 29 Splenomegaly
• 30 Stallion Sexual Behavior Problems
• 31 Stationary Night Blindness
• 32 Streptococcus equi Infection
• 33 Stress Fractures
• 34 Stringhalt
• 35 Summer Pasture-Associated Equine Asthma (Pasture Asthma)
• 36 Superficial Non-Healing Ulcers
• 37 Supraventricular Arrhythmias
• 38 Suspensory Desmitis
• 39 Synchronous Diaphragmatic Flutter
• 40 Synovial Fluid
• 1 Temporohyoid Osteoarthropathy
• 2 Tendonitis
• 3 Tenesmus
• 4 Teratoma
• 5 Tetanus
• 6 Thoracic Trauma
• 7 Thrombocytopenia
• 8 Thrombocytosis
• 9 Thrombophlebitis
• 10 Thyroid-Releasing Hormone (TRH) and Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone (TSH) Tests
• 11 Thyroid Tumors
• 12 Toxic Hepatopathy
• 13 Tremorgenic Mycotoxin Toxicoses
• 14 Tricuspid Regurgitation
• 15 Trifolium hybridum Toxicosis
• 16 Tropane Alkaloids Toxicosis
• 17 Trypanosomiasis
• 18 Tuberculosis
• 19 Tumors of the Respiratory System
• 20 Twin Pregnancy
• 21 Tyzzer Disease (Clostridium piliforme)
• 1 Ulcerative Keratomycosis
• 2 Upward Fixation of the Patella
• 3 Urinalysis (U/A)
• 4 Urinary Incontinence
• 5 Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)
• 6 Urine Pooling/Urovagina
• 7 Urolithiasis
• 8 Uroperitoneum, Neonate
• 9 Urticaria
• 10 Uterine Inertia
• 11 Uterine Torsion
• 1 Vaccination Protocols
• 2 Vaginal Prolapse
• 3 Vaginitis and Vaginal Discharge
• 4 Ventricular Arrhythmias
• 5 Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD)
• 6 Verminous Meningoencephalomyelitis
• 7 Vesicular Stomatitis
• 8 Vicia villosa (Hairy Vetch) Toxicosis
• 9 Viral Arteritis (EVA)
• 10 Viral (Herpes) Keratitis (Putative)
• 11 Vision
• 12 Vitrification of Equine Embryos
• 13 Vulvar Conformation
• 1 Weaning Separation Stress
• 2 West Nile Virus
• Index
• EULA