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Nutritional Management of Equine Diseases and Special Cases offers a concise, easy-to-comprehend text for equine veterinarians with questions about commonly encountered nutritional problems.
* Assists veterinarians in supporting equine patients with special nutritional needs
* Focuses on nutritional problems and impact on different body systems
* Covers ponies, miniature horses, draft horses, donkeys, and mules
* Offers complete coverage of common diseases and problems helped by nutrition
* Includes useful chapters on poisonous plants and mycotoxins
List of contents
Contributors, xiii
Preface, xv
1 Miniature Horses and Ponies 1
DG Pugh, Nicole Passler, and Sara Ziska
1.1 Miniature Horses 1
1.2 General Feeding of Miniature Horses 1
1.3 Pony Feeding 2
References 2
2 Draft Horses, Mules, and Donkeys 5
DG Pugh, Sara Ziska, and Nicole Passler
2.1 Draft Horses 5
2.2 Donkeys 6
2.3 Mules 7
References 7
3 Gastrointestinal System 9
Amelia Munsterman
3.1 The Association between Nutrition and Colic 9
3.1.1 Feeds and Colic: Pastures 9
3.1.2 Feeds and Colic: Dried Forages 10
3.1.3 Feeds and Colic: Concentrates 11
3.1.4 General Practices to Prevent Colic 11
3.2 Nutritional Plans for Horses with Colic 12
3.2.1 Identifying Nutritional Status 12
3.2.2 Nutritional Requirements of Horses with Colic 13
3.3 Routes for Feeding Horses Recovering from Colic 15
3.3.1 Voluntary Intake 15
3.3.2 Supportive Enteral Nutrition 17
3.3.3 Parenteral Nutrition 21
3.4 Diets for Specific Diseases 27
3.4.1 Uncomplicated Colic 27
3.4.2 Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome 28
3.4.3 Duodenitis/Proximal Jejunitis 29
3.4.4 Small Intestinal Strangulation 30
3.4.5 Ileal Impaction (Nonstrangulating Small Intestinal Obstruction) 31
3.4.6 Ascending (Large) Colon Impactions 32
3.4.7 Sand Impactions 34
3.4.8 Enteroliths and Fecaliths 35
3.4.9 Ascending Colon Displacement 36
3.4.10 Ascending Colon Volvulus (Large Colon Torsion) 37
3.4.11 Cecal Impactions 39
3.4.12 Cecocecal and Cecocolic Intussusception 39
3.4.13 Descending (Small) Colon Obstructions 40
3.4.14 Descending (Small) Colon Strangulations 41
References 41
4 Muscular System 51
Stephanie J. Valberg
4.1 Myopathies Associated with Nutritional Deficiencies 51
4.1.1 Nutritional Myodegeneration due to Selenium Deficiency 51
4.1.2 Equine Motor Neuron Disease and Vitamin E Deficiency 52
4.1.3 Vitamin E Deficient Myopathy 53
4.1.4 Sporadic Exertional Rhabdomyolysis 54
4.2 Nutrigenomics 55
4.2.1 Chronic Forms of Exertional Rhabdomyolysis 55
4.2.2 Polysaccharide Storage Myopathy 59
4.2.3 Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis 66
References 68
5 Endocrine System 73
Iveta Becvarova
5.1 Equine Metabolic Syndrome 73
5.1.1 Definition of Equine Metabolic Syndrome 73
5.1.2 Epidemiology 73
5.1.3 Species, Age, and Sex Predisposition 73
5.1.4 Genetics and Breed Predisposition 73
5.1.5 Risk Factors 74
5.1.6 Geography and Seasonality 74
5.1.7 Associated Conditions and Disorders 74
5.1.8 Clinical Presentation 74
5.1.9 Diagnosis 80
5.1.10 Treatment 82
5.1.11 Possible Complications of Treatment or of the Disease Process 85
5.1.12 Recommended Monitoring 85
5.1.13 Prognosis and Outcome 85
5.1.14 Prevention 85
5.2 Feeding Horses with Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction 86
5.2.1 Horses with Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction and Adequate Body Condition 86
5.2.2 Obese Horses with Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction 87
5.2.3 Horses with Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction and Thin Body Condition or Horses with PPID that are in Work 87
5.3 Pearls and Considerations 87
5.3.1 Client Education 87
5.3.2 Veterinary Technician Tips 88
References 88
About the author
The editor
Bryan M. Waldridge, DVM, MS, Diplomate, American Board of Veterinary Practitioners (Equine Practice), Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, is the internist at Park Equine Hospital at Woodford in Versailles, Kentucky, USA. Dr. Waldridge also serves as the resident veterinarian at Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement Farm in Georgetown, Kentucky, USA.
Summary
Nutritional Management of Equine Diseases and Special Cases offers a concise, easy-to-comprehend text for equine veterinarians with questions about commonly encountered nutritional problems.
Report
"This is a long overdue addition to the veterinary literature. It helps to demystify the nutritional implications of many commonly seen diseases in a practical, useful, and easily implemented manner. There is no comparable book in the field with this comprehensive information. For even experienced equine practitioners, it will be a useful addition to the library as a resource for determining dietary recommendations for clients." (Doody Enterprises 02/06/2017)
