DESCRIPTION:
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:
* 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, 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.
CONTENTS:
1. Assessing the Newborn Foal.
2. High Risk Pregnancies.
3. Neonatal Immunology.
4. Foal Nutrition.
5. Septicemia.
6. Manifestations of Sepsis.
7. Resuscitation of the Critically Ill Foal.
8. Non-Infectious Respiratory Conditions in the Neonate.
9. Non-Infectious Musculoskeletal Problems in the Neonatal Foal.
10. Neurological Dysfunction in the Neonatal Foal.
11. Gastrointestinal Problems in the Neonatal Foal.
12. Umbilical and Urinary Disorders.
13. Cardiac Disorders.
14. Ophthalmologic Disorders of the Neonate.
