Equine Podiatry

Author: Floyd> Andrea  

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences‎

Publication year: 2007

E-ISBN: 9781416064596

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780721603834

Subject: S858.2 livestock

Keyword: 畜牧、动物医学、狩猎、蚕、蜂

Language: ENG

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Description

This comprehensive text not only covers basic principles of horseshoeing, but also focuses on medical and surgical foot care management. Starting with the anatomy and physiology of the equine foot, this one-of-a-kind book then evaluates the foot, its pathological conditions (including structural, developmental, and traumatic conditions in addition to laminitis), balancing and shoeing the healthy and diseased equine hoof, and ends with a chapter on new directions in equine podiatry, written by cutting-edge researchers in the field.Written by and for both veterinarians and farriers, this book makes it easier for veterinarians and farriers to collaborate on the proper care and shoeing of the horse's foot.Text is devoted entirely to equine podiatry - with 70 percent to 80 percent of lameness problems involving the foot, this comprehensive discussion is invaluable to the equine practitioner.Highly respected and qualified authors from all over the world provide expert information, along with a chapter on the future of equine podiatry.Beautiful 4-color design and art program gives the reader helpful visual aids that clarify explanations in the text.

Chapter

JOINTS, BURSAE, AND TENDON SHEATHS

LIGAMENTS

TENDONS

DIGITAL CUSHION

ANNULAR LIGAMENTS

Chapter 2. FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY OF THE EQUINE DIGIT: DETERMINING FUNCTION FROM STRUCTURE

SKIN AND HOOF CAPSULE

CONNECTIVE TISSUES: OVERVIEW

BONES

CARTILAGENOUS STRUCTURES

TENDONS AND LIGAMENTS

FASCIAL SHEETS AND ANNULAR LIGAMENTS

DIGITAL CUSHION

BLOOD VESSELS

NERVES

INTEGRATED FUNCTION OF THE DIGIT

POSTURE AND MOVEMENT

PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER

Chapter 3. BIOMECHANICS OF THE EQUINE FOOT

INTRODUCTION

PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS IN HOOF BIOMECHANICS RESEARCH

PHASES OF THE STRIDE

MECHANICAL MODELS OF THE DISTAL LIMB

THE HOOF AS A SMART STRUCTURE: IS IT SMARTER THAN US?

SMART STRUCTURES

BIOMECHANICS OF THE HOOF

SCIENCE AND EMPIRICISM

REFERENCES

Chapter 4. FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY OF THE FOOT

STATIC AND DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM

THE SHAPE OF THE HOOF

THE HORSESHOE

BREAKOVER/LIFT-OFF

RINGS OF THE HOOF WALL

CRACKS IN THE HOOF WALL

WHITE LINE DISEASES

NAVICULAR DISEASE

REFERENCES

Chapter 5. INNERVATION OF THE EQUINE FOOT: ITS IMPORTANCE TO THE HORSE AND TO THE CLINICIAN

MACROSCOPIC DISTRIBUTION OF THE SENSORY NERVES TO THE FOOT

TYPES OF NERVES WITHIN THE FOOT

PROPRIOCEPTION AND LOCOMOTION AND STANCE

REFERENCES

SUGGESTED READINGS

Chapter 6. MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE HOOF

SECONDARY EPIDERMAL LAMELLAE

THE BASEMENT MEMBRANE

HEMIDESMOSOMES

LAMELLAR REMODELING ENZYMES

HOOF WALL GROWTH

THE CORIUM

REFERENCES

Chapter 7. EVOLUTION OF THE EQUINE DIGIT AND ITS RELEVANCE TO THE MODERN HORSE

JOURNEY THROUGH TIME

MESSAGES FROM THE PAST

SUMMARY

REFERENCES

SUGGESTED READING

Section II: DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION OF THE EQUINE FOOT

Chapter 8. EXAMINATION OF THE EQUINE FOOT

HISTORY

EQUIPMENT

EXAMINATION PROCEDURE

LOCAL DIAGNOSTIC ANESTHESIA

THERAPY AS A DIAGNOSTIC TOOL

INTERPRETATION OF FINDINGS

ADDITIONAL EXAMINATION TECHNIQUES

DEVELOPING AN ACCURATE PROGNOSIS

SUMMARY

REFERENCES

Chapter 9. DIAGNOSTIC ANALGESIA OF THE EQUINE FOOT

CHOICE OF LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT

PREPARATION OF SKIN FOR PERINEURAL OR INTRASYNOVIAL ADMINISTRATION OF LOCAL ANESTHETIC SOLUTION

RESTRAINT FOR ADMINISTRATION OF LOCAL ANESTHETIC SOLUTION

TECHNIQUE FOR REGIONAL ANESTHESIA OF THE FOREFOOT

TECHNIQUE FOR REGIONAL ANESTHESIA OF THE HINDFOOT

ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTS OF REGIONAL ANESTHESIA

ANESTHESIA OF THE PALMAR DIGITAL NERVES

ANESTHESIA OF THE RAMUS TORI DIGITALIS (RAMUS PULVINUS)

PASTERN SEMI-RING BLOCK

ABAXIAL, SESAMOID NERVE BLOCK

INTRASYNOVIAL ANALGESIA OF THE FOOT

COMPLICATIONS OF ANESTHETIZING THE FOOT

SUMMARY

REFERENCES

Chapter 10. DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING

RADIOGRAPHY AND RADIOLOGY OF THE FOOT

TECHNICAL AND SAFETY FACTORS

PREPARATION OF THE FOOT

TECHNIQUE, NORMAL ANATOMY, AND RADIOLOGIC INTERPRETATION

THE DIGITAL AGE AND RADIOLOGY OF THE FOOT

LIMITATIONS OF CONVENTIONAL RADIOGRAPHY

BASICS OF DIGITAL IMAGING

DIGITAL IMAGE CAPTURE

IMAGE MANAGEMENT AND POST-PROCESSING

IMAGE STORAGE

INTEGRATION OF DIGITAL IMAGING TECHNOLOGY WITHIN THE PRACTICE

DISADVANTAGES OF DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY

COMPUTER SOFTWARE DESIGNED FOR EVALUATION OF EQUINE FEET

MEDICAL AND LEGAL MEDICAL AND LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS

NUCLEAR SCINTIGRAPHY OF THE EQUINE FOOT

PROCEDURE

INTERPRETATION

CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS OF PATTERNS OF INCREASED RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL UPTAKE IN THE FOOT

CONTAMINATION

SUMMARY

THERMOGRAPHY

IMAGE ACQUISITION

CLINICAL IMAGING

CONCLUSION

PRINCIPLES OF COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY

ACQUIRING A COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC SCAN OF THE EQUINE DIGIT: TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC APPLICATIONS FOR IMAGING THE EQUINE DIGIT

FUTURE USES OF COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IN THE EQUINE DIGIT

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING OF THE FOOT

HIGH-FIELD MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING

HIGH-FIELD MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING EXAMINATION PROTOCOL FOR THE FOOT

IMAGE INTERPRETATION

DETECTABLE PATHOLOGIC LESIONS IN THE FOOT

CASE SELECTION

CLINICAL PATIENT STUDY

PATHOLOGIC VALIDATION OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING OF THE FOOT

COMPARISON OF HIGH-FIELD AND LOW-FIELD MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING FOR THE FOOT

ULTRASONOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF THE EQUINE FOOT

PATIENT PREPARATION

NORMAL EVALUATION

WEIGHT-BEARING EXAMINATION

NON–WEIGHT-BEARING EXAMINATION

ABNORMAL FINDINGS

RADIOGRAPHIC VIEWS OF MOST VALUE TO FARRIERS

EVALUATING THE SOFT TISSUES

EXPOSURE SETTINGS

POSITIONING FOR FARRIER-INTEREST VIEWS

REFERENCES

SUGGESTED READING

Section III: PATHOLOGIC CONDITIONS OF THE EQUINE FOOT

Chapter 11. DEFORMITIES OF THE LIMB AND THEIR RELEVANCE TO THE FOOT

MECHANISMS OF ABNORMAL LIMB ALIGNMENT

ANGULAR LIMB DEFORMITIES

FLEXURAL LIMB DEFORMITIES

HYPOPLASIA OR APLASIA OF THE EQUINE DIGIT

MISMATCHED FEET

REFERENCES

Chapter 12. PATHOLOGIC CONDITIONS OF THE EXTERNAL HOOF CAPSULE

INITIAL TREATMENT

LACERATIONS TO THE PASTERN AND HEEL BULB REGION

ROPE INJURIES TO THE PASTERN

ABRASIONS OR AVULSIONS OF THE CORONET

AVULSIONS OF THE HOOF

TRAUMATIC HOOF WALL DEFECTS

THRUSH

HOOF CRACKS

EQUINE CANKER

WHITE LINE DISEASE

REFERENCES

Chapter 13. PATHOLOGIC CONDITIONS INVOLVING THE INTERNAL STRUCTURES OF THE FOOT

SURGERY TO THE FOOT

NONINFECTIOUS JOINT DISORDERS

BONE DISORDERS

TENDON AND LIGAMENT DISORDERS

INFECTIOUS PROCESSES

OTHER DISEASE PROCESSES

SUBSOLAR ABSCESS

VENOGRAPHY AS A TOOL FOR GUIDING SURGERY TO THE FOOT

SEPTIC PEDAL OSTEITIS IN NONLAMINITIC PATIENTS

SEPTIC PEDAL OSTEITIS IN LAMINITIC HORSES

REFERENCES

Chapter 14. CAUDAL HOOF LAMENESS

HISTORY

PATHOGENESIS

DIAGNOSING CAUDAL HOOF LAMENESS

TREATMENT

REFERENCES

Section IV: LAMINITIS

Chapter 15. LAMINITIS PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

PHASES OF LAMINITIS

LAMINITIS HISTOLOGIC GRADING SYSTEM

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF LAMINITIS

ULTRASTRUCTURE OF LAMINITIS

REFERENCES

Chapter 16. GRADING THE LAMINITIC HORSE

PHYSICAL EXAMINATION

RADIOGRAPHY

CUMULATIVE HISTORY

GRADING SYSTEM

Chapter 17. THE DIGITAL VENOGRAM

PREPARATION FOR THE VENOGRAM

OBTAINING THE VENOGRAM

TROUBLESHOOTING THE VENOGRAM

THE PATHOLOGIC FOOT

CLINICAL APPLICATION

SAFETY

DISCUSSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 18. AN APPROACH TO THE TREATMENT OF THE LAMINITIC HORSE

TREATING THE INCREASED PALMAR ANGLE (CRANIAL ROTATION) GRADE IV ACUTE LAMINITIC CASE

TREATING THE CHRONICALLY LAMINITIC (INCREASED PALMAR ANGLE) HORSE

THE FATAL SINKER SYNDROME HORSE

Chapter 19. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT OF THE SEVERELY LAMINITIC HORSE

GOALS AND EXPECTATIONS

STALL

BEDDING

FEEDING

PAIN MANAGEMENT

BANDAGING

DECUBITAL ULCERS

SEPTIC MYOSITIS

MENTAL STIMULATION

CONCLUSION

Chapter 20. DISEASES LEADING TO LAMINITIS AND THE MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF THE LAMINITIC HORSE

TOXIC

IATROGENIC LAMINITIS

INFECTIONS AND COLIC-RELATED LAMINITIS

CARBOHYDRATE OVERLOAD

HORMONE-INDUCED OR METABOLICINDUCED LAMINITIS

LAMINITIS IN PREGNANCY

REFERENCES

SUGGESTED READINGS

Section V: FARRIERY CONSIDERATIONS

Chapter 21: BALANCING AND SHOEING THE EQUINE FOOT

BALANCE

TRIMMING

SHOEING

TEAM APPROACH

CONCLUSION

Chapter 22. DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC HOOF PREPARATION AND SHOEING

TO SHOE OR NOT TO SHOE

IMPORTANCE OF A TEAM APPROACH

THE BAREFOOT DEBATE

TRIMMING AND SHOEING THE SHOW HUNTER

BASIC TRIMMING AND SHOEING

COMMON CHALLENGES AND PROBLEMS

MANAGING COMMON PROBLEMS

TRIMMING AND SHOEING THE STANDARDBRED HORSE

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TROTTER AND PACERS

PRINCIPLES OF TRIMMING AND SHOEING THE STANDARDBRED RACEHORSE

TRIMMING THE STANDARDBRED FOAL

ROUTINE SHOEING AND THE CORRECT USE OF SHOE WEIGHT

SHOEING TO COMPENSATE FOR SPECIFIC LAMENESS PROBLEMS

SHOEING TO CORRECT INTERFERENCE

SHOEING TO MANAGE QUARTER CRACKS AND OTHER HOOF WALL FRACTURES

SHOEING FOR INJURIES: HELPING THE HORSE WITHOUT INJURING THE FARRIER

SHOEING THE THREE-DAY EVENT HORSE

FACTORS AFFECTING SHOEING SPECIFIC TO THE EVENT HORSE

SPECIFIC TRIMMING PARAMETERS FOR EVENT HORSES

SHOE FIT

BAREFOOT PERIOD

YEARLY SHOEING SCHEDULE FOR THE ELITE EVENT HORSE

CONCLUSION

SHOEING THE FOREST AND PULLING HORSE

TRIMMING

REFERENCES

Chapter 23. PREVENTIVE FOOT CARE PROGRAMS

VALUE OF A PREVENTIVE FOOT CARE PROGRAM

DEVELOPING THE PROGRAM

RADIOGRAPHY

HOOF MEASUREMENTS

APPLICATION AND ADAPTATION

A COMPUTERIZED PREVENTIVE HOOF CARE PROGRAM

GOAL OF THE PROGRAM

TEAM MEMBERS

IMPLEMENTATION

KEYS TO SUCCESS

QUALITY FOOT PROGRAM AT PIN OAK STUD

ORIGINS

CHANGE AND HOW IT STARTED

CHALLENGES

FOOT CARE FROM DAY ONE

BROODMARES

RACEHORSES AND BREEDING STALLIONS

SUMMARY

REFERENCES

Chapter 24. IMPORTANCE OF A TEAM APPROACH TO EQUINE PODIATRY

HOW HAS THE HUMAN MULTIDISCIPLINARY HEALTH TEAM EVOLVED?

WHAT CONSTITUTES A TEAM?

BENEFITS OF THE TEAM APPROACH

ROLES OF THE INDIVIDUAL TEAM MEMBERS

EXPERIENCE OF THE TEAM MEMBERS

ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS

THE FUTURE

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE

FARRIER EDUCATION

REFERENCES

INDEX

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