Manual of Equine Lameness

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Manual of Equine Lameness provides essential information on equine lameness diagnostics and treatment in an easy-to-use format ideal for the clinical setting. A clinically relevant distillation of topics from Adams and Stashak's Lameness in Horses, this text offers a quick introduction and fast access to key information. An accompanying DVD includes practical supplements, including additional anatomical images, video clips demonstrating key procedures such as perineural and intrasynovial injections, and examples of lameness conditions in motion.  Designed for use in daily practice, the book is presented in brief chapters carefully formatted to maximize the usefulness for practicing veterinarians. Manual of Equine Lameness is an invaluable resource to any veterinarian treating lameness in horses and an ideal reference for veterinary students wanting to learn the fundamentals of lameness. MANUAL OF EQUINE LAMENESS TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTRIBUTORS COMMON TERMINOLOGIES AND ABBREVIATIONS CHAPTER 1: Functional Anatomy of the Equine Musculoskeletal System ANATOMIC NOMENCLATURE AND USAGE THORACIC LIMB HINDLIMB AXIAL COMPONENTS CHAPTER 2: Fundamentals of Lameness Diagnosis DEFINITION OF LAMENESS CLASSIFICATION OF LAMENESS WHAT TO LOOK FOR ANATOMIC PROBLEM AREAS OCCUPATION-RELATED PROBLEM AREAS EVALUATION OF FOALS WITH LAMENESS PERFORMING A PREPURCHASE EXAMINATION CHAPTER 3: Assessment of the Lame Horse HISTORY SIGNALMENT AND USE VISUAL EXAMINATION AT REST PALPATION AND MANIPULATION VISUAL EXAM AT EXERCISE FLEXION TESTS/MANIPULATION PERINEURAL ANESTHESIA INTRASYNOVIAL ANESTHESIA CHAPTER 4: Imaging RADIOGRAPHY ULTRASOUND NUCLEAR MEDICINE MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY CHAPTER 5: Common Conditions of the Foot NAVICULAR DISEASE/SYNDROME FRACTURES OF THE NAVICULAR (DISTAL SESAMOID) BONE INJURIES TO THE DDFT AND PODOTROCHLEAR APPARATUS INJURIES TO THE COLLATERALLIGAMENTS (CLs) OF THE DIP JOINT OSTEOARTHRITIS (OA) OF THE DIPJOINT FRACTURES OF THE DISTAL PHALANX (P3, COFFIN BONE) PEDAL OSTEITIS (PO) SUBCHONDRAL CYSTIC LESIONS OF THE DISTAL PHALANX (P3) OSSIFICATION OF THE COLLATERAL CARTILAGE OF THE DISTAL PHALANX (SIDEBONE) SOLE BRUISES, CORNS, AND ABSCESSES CANKER THRUSH WHITE LINE DISEASE PENETRATING INJURIES OF THE FOOT KERATOMA FOOT IMBALANCES CLUB FOOT TOE CRACKS, QUARTER CRACKS, HEEL CRACKS (SAND CRACKS) LAMINITIS CHAPTER 6: Common Conditions of the Forelimb OA OF THE PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL (PIP) JOINT OSTEOCHONDROSIS (OC) OF THE PIP JOINT LUXATION/SUBLUXATION OF THE PIP JOINT FRACTURES OF THE MIDDLE PHALANX (P2) FRACTURES OF THE PROXIMAL PHALANX (P1) DESMITIS OF THE DISTAL SESAMOIDEAN LIGAMENTS (DSLs) SDFT AND DDFT INJURIES IN THE PASTERN OSTEOCHONDRAL (CHIP) FRACTURES OF PROXIMAL P1 FRACTURES OF THE PROXIMAL SESAMOID BONES SESAMOIDITIS TRAUMATIC OA OF THE MCP JOINT (OSSELETS) FETLOCK SUBCHONDRAL CYSTIC LESIONS (SCLs) TRAUMATIC RUPTURE OF THE SUSPENSORY APPARATUS DIGITAL FLEXOR TENDON SHEATH (DFTS) TENOSYNOVITIS PERIOSTITIS AND FRACTURE OF THE DORSAL METACARPUS (BUCKED SHINS, SHIN SPLINTS, AND STRESS FRACTURE) MCIII/MTIII CONDYLAR FRACTURES COMPLETE FRACTURES OF THE MCIII/MTIII (CANNON BONE) “SPLINTS” OR SMALL MC BONE EXOSTOSIS FRACTURES OF THE SMALL MC/MT (SPLINT) BONES SUSPENSORY LIGAMENT (SL) DESMITIS DEGENERATIVE SUSPENSORY LIGAMENT DESMITIS (DSLD) SUPERFICIAL DIGITAL FLEXOR (SDF) TENDINITIS (BOWED TENDON) COMMON DIGITAL EXTENSOR (CDE) TENDON RUPTURE EXTENSOR CARPI RADIALIS (ECR) TENDON DAMAGE INTRA-ARTICULAR CARPAL FRACTURES OA OF THE CARPUS CARPAL SHEATH TENOSYNOVITIS FRACTURES OF THE RADIUS FRACTURES OF THE ULNA SUBCHONDRAL CYSTIC LESIONS (SCLs) OF THE ELBOW BURSITIS OF THE ELBOW (OLECRANON BURSITIS) FRACTURES OF THE HUMERUS BICIPITAL (INTERTUBERCULAR BURSA) BURSITIS OSTEOCHONDROSIS (OCD) OF THE SCAPULOHUMERAL (SHOULDER) JOINT SUPRASCAPULAR NERVE INJURY (SWEENY) FRACTURES OF THE SUPRAGLENOID TUBERCLE (TUBEROSITY) CHAPTER 7: Common Conditions of the Hindlimb DISTAL HINDLIMB AND FOOT DISTAL TARSAL OSTEOARTHRITIS (OA) OSTEOCHONDRITIS DISSECANS (OCD) OF THE TARSOCRURAL JOINT SLAB/SAGITTAL FRACTURES OF THE CENTRAL OR THIRD TARSAL BONES FRACTURES OF THE TIBIAL MALLEOLI SUBLUXATIONS/LUXATIONS OF THE TARSAL JOINTS LUXATION OF THE SDFT FROM THE CALCANEUS CAPPED HOCK/CALCANEAL BURSITIS TARSAL SHEATH TENOSYNOVITIS (THOROUGHPIN) RUPTURE OF THE PERONEUS TERTIUS STRINGHALT TIBIAL STRESS FRACTURES DIAPHYSEAL AND METAPHYSEAL TIBIAL FRACTURES TIBIAL TUBEROSITY/CREST FRACTURES FRACTURES OF THE PROXIMAL TIBIAL PHYSIS FEMOROPATELLAR OCD FRACTURES OF THE PATELLA UPWARD FIXATION OF THE PATELLA (UFP) SUBCHONDRAL CYSTIC LESIONS (SCLs) OF THE STIFLE MENISCAL INJURIES COLLATERAL/CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY SYNOVITIS/CAPSULITIS/OA OF THE STIFLE FIBROTIC MYOPATHY DIAPHYSEAL AND METAPHYSEAL FEMORAL FRACTURES CAPITAL PHYSEAL FRACTURES OF THE FEMORAL HEAD COXOFEMORAL LUXATION (DISLOCATION OF THE HIP JOINT) OA OF THE COXOFEMORAL JOINT INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS/PHYSITIS OF THE COXOFEMORAL JOINT CHAPTER 8: Common Conditions of the Axial Skeleton PELVIC FRACTURES ILIAL WING FRACTURES TUBER COXAE FRACTURES ACETABULAR FRACTURES FRACTURES OF THE SACRUM AND COCCYGEAL VERTEBRAE DISEASES OF THE SACROILIAC REGION OVERRIDING/IMPINGEMENT OF DORSAL SPINOUS PROCESSES SUPRASPINOUS LIGAMENT INJURIES FRACTURES OF THE SPINOUS PROCESSES VERTEBRAL FRACTURES DISCOSPONDYLITIS SPONDYLOSIS FACET JOINT OA AND VERTEBRAL FACET JOINT SYNDROME NUCHAL LIGAMENT DESMOPATHY/NUCHAL BURSITIS CERVICAL FACET JOINT OA CHAPTER 9: Therapeutic Options SYSTEMIC/PARENTERAL TOPICAL/LOCAL INTRASYNOVIAL INTRALESIONAL ORAL/NUTRITIONAL CORRECTIVE TRIMMING AND SHOEING CHAPTER 10: Musculoskeletal Emergencies SEVERE UNILATERAL LAMENESS SEVERELY SWOLLEN LIMB LONG BONE FRACTURES/LUXATIONS SYNOVIAL INFECTIONS TENDON LACERATIONS INDEX