The Equine Foot: Moving the Needle to Best Care, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice
- 1st Edition, Volume 37-3 - November 19, 2021
- Editor: James A. Orsini
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 6 0 8 1 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 6 0 8 2 - 3
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Request a sales quote- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Forthcoming Issues
- Preface
- The Big Picture in Better Understanding the Equine Foot
- Key points
- Introduction
- Laminitis
- Imaging
- Pain management
- Nutrition
- Cryotherapy
- Foot mechanics
- Summary
- Anatomy and Physiology of the Equine Foot
- Key points
- Introduction
- Bones, cartilage, ligaments
- The hoof in toto
- Epidermis
- Dermis
- Subcutaneous tissues (hypodermis)
- Suspensory apparatus of the distal phalanx
- Hoof vasculature
- Hoof innervation
- Summary
- Pharmacology of the Equine Foot: Medical Pain Management for Laminitis
- Key points
- Introduction, history, definitions, and background
- Systemic management
- Local therapeutic options
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Imaging the Equine Foot
- Key points
- Digital radiology
- Ultrasonography
- Nuclear medicine
- Computed tomography
- Magnetic resonance imaging
- Future advances in diagnostic imaging
- Clinics care points
- Mechanical Principles of the Equine Foot
- Key points
- Evaluating equine foot mechanics
- Techniques for assessing foot mechanics in real time
- Shoeing techniques to support the injured/diseased foot
- Prophylactic shoeing techniques—minimizing stress in the upper-level performance horse
- Clinics care points
- Endocrinopathic Laminitis
- Key points
- Introduction
- Background
- Characterization of endocrinopathic laminitis
- Prevalence
- Assessment, evaluation, and diagnosis
- Current research regarding endocrinopathic laminitis
- Discussion of clinical relevance of current research
- Therapeutic approach
- Prognosis
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Laminitis Updates: Sepsis/Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome–Associated Laminitis
- Key points
- Introduction
- Pathophysiology of systemic inflammatory response syndrome
- Multiorgan dysfunction syndrome
- Experimental models of systemic inflammatory response syndrome–associated laminitis
- Signaling pathways involved in sepsis/systemic inflammatory response syndrome–associated laminitis
- Evaluation of the sepsis/systemic inflammatory response syndrome patient
- Preventions and therapeutics
- Clinics care points
- Supporting Limb Laminitis
- Key points
- Introduction
- Prevalence, risk factors, and clinical presentation
- What causes supporting limb laminitis and how does it differ from other forms of laminitis?
- What strategies can be used to prevent supporting limb laminitis?
- Clinical signs, diagnosis, and management of supporting limb laminitis
- Summary
- Acknowledgements
- “Feeding the Foot”: Nutritional Influences on Equine Hoof Health
- Key points
- Introduction
- Macronutrients
- Micronutrients
- Role of body condition
- Cryotherapy Techniques: Best Protocols to Support the Foot in Health and Disease
- Key points
- Definitions
- Introduction
- Background
- Support for the use of distal limb cryotherapy in equine laminitis
- Current recommendations
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Other Clinical Problems of the Equine Foot
- Key points
- Introduction
- Keratoma
- Infection
- Fractures
- Navicular syndrome
- Collateral ligament injuries
- Deep digital flexor tendon lesions
- Summary
- No. of pages: 240
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 37-3
- Published: November 19, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Hardback ISBN: 9780323960816
- eBook ISBN: 9780323960823
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James A. Orsini
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania