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Zusatztext "...a blend of practical and friendly veterinary advice liberally peppered with is own perceptions and opinions! and based on his own experience." - Horse & Rider "Kelley offers down home advice woven with warm humor in his book." - Tack N' Togs "Appealing to readers' fascination with the day-to-day lives of veterinarians! as well as their need for sound veterinary advice! The Horse Doctor Is In is inviting and easy to understand." - New England Horse Talk *also featured in Equine Journal "The Horse Doctor Is In stands out among the plethora of equine health care manuals available." - Thoroughbred Times "...this book is a bargain at the price and will be in demand from readers." - Booklist Informationen zum Autor Brent Kelley, D.V.M., has been a practicing equine veterinarian for nearly 30 years in the heart of Kentucky's horse country. He has been a "Veterinary Topics" columnist for The Thoroughbred Times since 1994. Four of his articles have won awards, including the 1997 American Horse Publications' Personal Column award and two consecutive Chronicle of the Horse Best Personal Experience Story awards. Under the pseudonym Grant Kendall, Kelley has written two books on his experiences as a vet. He lives in Paris, Kentucky. Klappentext Veterinarian Brent Kelley shares practical information on a broad range of equine ailments and conditions through compelling real-life stories about horses, owners, trainers, and breeders. From fertility to fractures to foot care, The Horse Doctor Is In covers all the topics of concern to horse owners, including disease prevention and treatment, lameness, breeding and foaling, and general horse care and management. Each story conveys valuable information on horse health care and gives readers unique insights into the challenges, heartbreaks, and joys of being an equine vet. Chapter 3 - Injuries to Muscles, Ligaments, and Tendons Muscle Strains The reader may get the idea from reading some of these pages that I was fairly unprepared for the real world when I was granted my release from veterinary school. I was, but no more so than 99 percent of my fellow graduates around the country each year. The fact is, we just don't see as much in school as we might, especially with horses. It's not the school's fault; we can only be shown the cases that are presented to the school's clinic. Also, there are a whole lot of conditions that we are told about in class, but there are also many we aren't told about. One of my teachers said, "That diploma you guys have been working so hard for is only a license to learn. You'll learn more veterinary medicine in your first year out of school than you learned in your four years in school." He was right. With that disclaimer, when I first got out of school I was really bad at diagnosing lameness. If it was broken or bleeding I could usually find where the problem was, but if it was sprained or strained I had a terrible time. To make matters worse, shortly after graduation I met a veterinarian of many years' experience who was unbelievably gifted at recognizing lameness. He would turn his back on the horse and close his eyes and ask the handler to walk and trot the animal on a hard surface; he could tell where the lameness was just by listening. I usually couldn't tell by looking, probing, squeezing, or any other method. "It's a function of time, Kelley," he told me. "Do it long enough and you'll get it." He was right, but I'm still not anywhere as good as he was. It's very frustrating. Strains and sprains are still challenging, but I'm in good company. A whole lot of vets have trouble with strains and sprains. Incidence and Pred...
