Description
Book SynopsisEquine Pharmacology combines highly practical therapeutic guidance with reliable scientific background information to provide a clinically relevant resource.
Trade Review“Equine Pharmacologywill be a valuable resource for practicing veterinarians and veterinary students who are interested specifically in treating horses and understanding the rationale for the most commonly used therapeutics in equine medicine . . . In summary, this book is a succinct and accurate resource that will provide readers with a clear understanding for most of the therapeutic options available for horses.” (Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 15 June 2015)
“I would thoroughly recommend this book and consider it to be both a useful buy and value for money, as well as filling a much-needed place in any practice library or vet’s car.” (Veterinary Practice, 1 May 2015)
"Equine pharmacology will be of benefit to veterinary students and practitioners, providing a succinct basis and approach to the clinical application of pharmacology in horses. As such, it will serve as a useful reference text in both hospital-based and ambulatory clinician settings for the provision of practical pharmacological management of equine patients." (Australian Veterinary Journal, 3 March 2017)
Table of ContentsContributors vi
Preface viii
Section 1: General Review Section
1 Horse of a different color: Peculiarities of equine pharmacology 3
Lara Maxwell
2 Basics of antimicrobial therapy for the horse 16
Cynthia Cole
3 Anesthesia and sedation in the field 44
Jennifer E. Carter
4 Clinical application of equine analgesics 63
Sheilah A. Robertson and L. Chris Sanchez
5 Pharmacology of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs 76
Cynthia Cole
6 Parasiticides for use in horses 85
Tad Coles and Randy Lynn
7 Foals are not just mini horses 99
K. Gary Magdesian
8 Fluids and electrolytes for the equine clinician 118
Brett Tennent-Brown
9 Drug and medication control programs in equine athletes 131
Scot Waterman and Jennifer Durenburger
Section 2: Therapeutics: A Systems Approach
10 Clinical pharmacology of the respiratory system 139
Melissa R. Mazan and Michelle L. Ceresia
11 Clinical application of gastrointestinal therapeutics 183
L. Chris Sanchez
12 Treatment of equine nervous system disorders 192
Cynthia Cole and Bradford Bentz
13 Clinical pharmacology of the equine musculoskeletal system 218
Bradford Bentz
14 Therapy of the eye 254
Amber Labelle
15 Pharmacological treatment of equine endocrine diseases 270
Dianne McFarlane
16 Equine cardiovascular clinical pharmacology 279
Meg Sleeper
17 Clinical pharmacology of diseases of the equine urinary system 291
Nora Nogradi and Balazs Toth
Index 308
