The Horse Professional Guide to Colic
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The ‘Horse Professional Guide to Colic’ helps horse owners understand the many causes of colic in horses and prepares them to deal with the condition.
INTRODUCTION
SECTION 1 | what is colic?
SECTION 2 | what causes colic?
SECTION 3 | how can I help prevent colic?
SECTION 4 | coping with colic
SECTION 5 | the veterinary examination for colic
SECTION 6 | surgical colic
SECTION 7 | medical colic
SECTION 8 | if the worst happens
SECTION 9 | further information
Glossary of terms used by vets
Jen qualified as a veterinarian in 1998 and has worked as an equine-only clinician since then. Jen has edited and contributed to several books aimed at veterinary professionals. Jen currently lives in the Republic of Ireland with her family which includes one horse. Jen’s detailed biography can be found here.
Lissa Oliver, The Irish Field
…the most complete and indispensable book of its kind. No stable should be without a copy.
Marcus Swail, BVMS MRCVS, Irish Showjumping Team Vet
The Horse Professional Guide To Colic provides accessible, informative advice to the horse owner on the often confusing and misunderstood subject of colic. It is full of useful information for anyone who wants to better understand colic and how to deal with it.
Karen Dunne, CertEM(Stud Med), MVB. Veterinary Nursing Lecturer, Department of Applied Sciences, Dundalk Institute of Technology
It’s extremely up to date and is full of highly relevant and invaluable information for both student veterinary nurses, and those in practice, who are looking to improve their skills in the area of equine colic. The clear layout and excellent illustrations make it an enjoyable, as well as a highly informative, read. It will be very beneficial to veterinary nurses who want to improve their knowledge of the acute equine abdomen and optimise their patient care. Colic surgery epitomises the dedicated and highly skilled team approach required of the veterinary practitioners and nurses who assess, stabilise, anaesthetise, operate on and intensively nurse these patients in order to restore them to health. I will be recommending this book to all my students, and I hope that many others also will learn from it, to the benefit of horses everywhere.
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