Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Equine

Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Equine
Preface
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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
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