Management of Emergency Cases on the Farm, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice
- 1st Edition, Volume 37-2 - July 12, 2021
- Editor: Isabelle Kilcoyne
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 9 1 8 6 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 9 1 8 7 - 8
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In this issue of Veterinary Clinics: Equine Practice, guest editor Isabelle Kilcoyne brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Management of Emergency Cases on the Farm.
- Provides in-depth, clinical reviews on Management of Emergency Cases on the Farm, providing actionable insights for veterinary practice.
- Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field; Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create these timely topic-based reviews.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Forthcoming Issues
- Preface
- Acute Central Nervous System Trauma in the Field
- Key points
- Traumatic brain and spinal cord injury
- Physical and neurologic evaluation
- Diagnostics
- Therapeutic options
- Clinical outcomes
- Clinics care points
- Castration Complications: A Review of Castration Techniques and How to Manage Complications
- Key points
- Introduction
- Procedure and techniques
- Complications and management
- Hemorrhage
- Eventration
- Orthopedic Infections—Clinical Applications of Intravenous Regional Limb Perfusion in the Field
- Key points
- History
- Clinical applications
- Intravenous regional limb perfusion technique
- Type of tourniquet
- Vessel to perfuse
- Volume of perfusate
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Fracture Stabilization and Management in the Field
- Key points
- Introduction
- Stocking the truck
- Initial assessment
- Emergency first aid
- Fracture assessment
- Wound care
- Stabilizing the fracture
- Splint selection
- Distal forelimb fractures
- Mid-forelimb fractures
- Forearm fractures
- Proximal forelimb fractures
- Distal hindlimb fractures
- Mid-hindlimb fractures
- Crus fractures
- Proximal hindlimb fractures
- Fractures of the skull and axial skeleton
- Prognosis and decision making
- Transportation
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Respiratory Distress in the Adult and Foal
- Key points
- Introduction
- Definitions and pathophysiology
- Clinical signs
- Physical examination findings
- Procedures, equipment, and diagnostics
- Upper respiratory conditions that cause respiratory distress (with noise)
- Respiratory distress caused by lower respiratory conditions
- Nonrespiratory causes of respiratory distress
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Approach to Toxicologic Emergencies
- Key points
- Introduction
- General approach
- Stabilization
- Diagnostic sampling
- Decontamination
- Antidotes
- Referral
- Toxicity based on clinical signs
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Managing Reproduction Emergencies in the Field: Part 1: Injuries in Stallions; Injury of the External Portion of the Reproductive Tract and Gestational Conditions in the Mare
- Key points
- Introduction
- Conditions arising during gestation
- Clinics care points
- Managing Reproduction Emergencies in the Field: Part 2: Parturient and Periparturient Conditions
- Key points
- Uterine artery rupture
- Dystocia
- Summary
- Uterine prolapse
- Postpartum colic
- Retained fetal membranes
- Clinics care points
- Emergency Management of Equid Foals in the Field
- Key points
- Introduction
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Management of Colic in the Field
- Key points
- Introduction
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Ophthalmic Emergencies in the Field
- Key points
- Introduction
- Education of owners and practice team
- Equipping the ambulatory vehicle
- Examination equipment
- Preparation at the farm
- Sedation and regional anesthesia
- Cleaning the periocular and ocular region
- Examination
- Diagnostic tests
- Subpalpebral lavage systems
- Imaging
- Emergencies of the periocular region
- Emergencies of the cornea
- Intraocular emergencies
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Antimicrobial Selection for the Equine Practitioner
- Key points
- Introduction
- Antimicrobial stewardship, critically important antimicrobials, and extralabel drug use
- Principles of responsible antimicrobial use
- Utility and interpretation of culture and susceptibility testing results
- Bacteria associated with disease syndromes in horses
- Empirical selection of antimicrobials to initiate treatment of infections in horses based on likely susceptibility of bacterial isolates
- Empiric selection of antimicrobials for initiating treatment of disease syndromes in horses while awaiting culture and susceptibility test results
- Emergency Management for Donkeys and Mules
- Key points
- Introduction
- Key differences in donkeys and mules
- Metabolic and hepatic emergencies
- Oral and gastrointestinal emergencies
- Respiratory emergencies
- Musculoskeletal emergencies
- Wounds and other integumentary emergencies
- Neurologic emergencies
- Reproductive and urinary emergencies
- Ophthalmic emergencies
- Neonatal emergencies
- Cardiovascular emergencies
- Preventive care
- Quality of life assessment
- Euthanasia
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- When All Else Fails: Alternative Methods of Euthanasia
- Introduction
- Alternative methods of euthanasia
- Summary
- No. of pages: 240
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 37-2
- Published: July 12, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Hardback ISBN: 9780323791861
- eBook ISBN: 9780323791878
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Isabelle Kilcoyne
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor,
School of Veterinary Medicine,
University of California, Davis