Equine Neonatal Medicine : A Case-Based Approach

by Paradis

• ISBN13: 9781416023531
• ISBN10: 1416023534
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-04-03
• Publisher: Saunders

Summary

Get expert insight into the latest life-saving techniques and procedures from leaders in equine neonatal medicine. This outstanding textbook and clinical reference takes a case-based approach to the basic pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of disease in the newborn foal, along with neonatal pharmacology, nutrition, assessment, and high-risk pregnancies. Features the latest advances in equine neonatology that have the potential to significantly increase the survival rate of critically ill foals. Provides thorough coverage of both basic concepts and hot topics in the field, including pathophysiology, and diagnosis and treatment of disease in the newborn foal, along with information on nutrition, assessment, and high-risk pregnancies. Case-based chapters use real-life scenarios to help the reader apply key concepts to actual practice. Expert contributors are leaders in the field of equine neonatal medicine and ensure the accuracy and clinical relevance of all information.

Table of Contents

Assessing the Newborn Foal	1	(12)
Case 1-1 `03 Labour of Love---Normal Foal	1	(12)
Sarah J. Stoneham
High-Risk Pregnancy	13	(18)
Case 2-1 `03 Vital Connection---Placentitis in the Peripartum Mare	13	(9)
Pamela A. Wilkins
Case 2-2 Poppy---Body Wall Tear in Late Gestational Mare and Birth Resuscitation of a Compromised Foal	22	(9)
Pamela A. Wilkins
Brett Dolente
Neonatal Immunology	31	(20)
Case 3-1 `03 Vulnerable---Foal with Failure of Passive Transfer	31	(8)
Debra C. Sellon
Case 3-2 `03 In the Red---Foal with Isoerythrolysis	39	(7)
Jill Johnson
Case 3-3 `04 Diplomatic Immunity---Foal with Immune-mediated Thrombocytopenia	46	(5)
Debra C. Sellon
Neonatal Nutrition	51	(24)
Case 4-1 `03 Honeysuckle---Normal Foal Nutritional Needs	51	(5)
Virginia Ann Buechner-Maxwell
Craig D. Thatcher
Case 4-2 '03 Lonely Heart---Orphan Foal	56	(4)
Virginia Ann Buechner-Maxwell
Craig D. Thatcher
Case 4-3 '03 RunninOnEmpty---Feeding the Foal that Needs Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition	60	(15)
Virginia Ann Buechner-Maxwell
Craig D. Thatcher
Septicemia	75	(24)
Case 5-1 '02 Bugs Bunny---Septic Foal	75	(24)
Michelle Henry Barton
Manifestations of Septicemia	99	(22)
Case 6-1 '03 Hufflepuff---Foal with Septic Pneumonia	99	(13)
Daniela Bedenice
Case 6-2 '02 Cripple Creek---Foal with Septic Arthritis	112	(9)
Mary Rose Paradis
Recognition and Resuscitation of the Critically Ill Foal	121	(14)
Case 7-1 '04 Revival---Foal in Hemodynamic Shock	121	(14)
Jonathan Palmer
Non-infectious Respiratory Problems	135	(22)
Case 8-1 '03 Surf's Up---Immature Lungs in a Foal with Maternal Stress	135	(1)
Melissa R. Mazan
Case 8-2 '03 Last Gasp---Premature Lungs in a Foal from an Emergency C-Section	135	(13)
Melissa R. Mazan
Case 8-3 '05 Hard To Swallow---Aspiration Pneumonia Secondary to Dysphagia	148	(9)
Mary Rose Paradis
Non-infectious Musculoskeletal Problems	157	(22)
Case 9-1 '03 Up Tight---Foal with Flexural Deformity	157	(8)
Patricia Provost
Case 9-2 '04 Crooked Mile---Foal with Forelimb Valgus Deformity	165	(1)
Patricia Provost
Case 9-3 '04 Gumby---Foal with Incomplete Ossification of Cuboidal Bones	165	(14)
Patricia Provost
Neurologic Dysfunctions	179	(12)
Case 10-1 '05 Carpe Diem---Foal with Hypoxic Encephalopathy	179	(12)
Mary Rose Paradis
Gastrointestinal Problems in the Neonatal Foal	191	(40)
Case 11-1 '03 Rock N'Roll---Colic in the Newborn Foal	191	(17)
Michelle Henry Barton
Case 11-2 '04 Belly Dancer---Gastric Ulcers and Esophageal Reflux (Endoscopy)	208	(5)
K. Gary Magdesian
Case 11-3 '03 Liquid Assets---Diarrhea	213	(8)
K. Gary Magdesian
Case 11-4 '04 Jaundiced View---Liver Failure in the Foal	221	(10)
K. Gary Magdesian
Umbilical and Urinary Disorders	231	(16)
Case 12-1 Mutiny---Umbilical Infection/Patent Urachus	231	(6)
Rose Nolen-Walston
Case 12-2 '04 Unzipped---Rupture of the Urinary Bladder	237	(10)
Pamela A. Wilkins
Bettina Dunkel
Cardiac Disorders	247	(12)
Case 13-1 '01 Dear John---Foal with Congenital Cardiac Defect	247	(12)
Katherine Chope
Ophthalmologic Disorders	259	(12)
Case 14-1 '04 Forty Lashes---Foal with Entropion and Cataract	259	(6)
Isabel Jurk
Case 14-2 '05 Misty---Foal with Corneal Ulceration	265	(3)
Isabel Jurk
Case 14-3 '05 MrMagoo---Septic Foal with Hypopyon	268	(3)
Isabel Jurk
Index	271