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Now in a much-anticipated two-volume new edition, this gold-standard reference stands as the most comprehensive and authoritative text on equine reproduction. Serving theriogenologists, practitioners and breeders worldwide as a one-stop resource for the reproductive assessment and management of equine patients, Equine Reproduction, Second Edition provides detailed information on examination techniques, breeding procedures, pregnancy diagnosis and management, reproductive tract diseases and surgery, and foaling. A companion website offers hundreds of images from the book in color.
For the Second Edition, the stallion, mare and foal sections have been thoroughly updated and revised to include the latest information on every subject. New topics include discussion of nutritional and behavioral factors in the broodmare and stallion, parentage testing, fetal sexing and the health and management of older foals, weanlings and yearlings. Additionally, this outstanding Second Edition features a new section on assisted reproductive techniques, including detailed information on artificial insemination, in-vitro fertilization, embryo transfer and technology.
Auteur
Angus O. McKinnon, BVSc, MSc, Diplomate ACT and ABVP,
Goulburn Valley Equine Hospital, Victoria, Australia
Edward L. Squires, BS, MS, PhD, Executive Director
of the Gluck Equine Research Foundation, Research Professor,
Department of Veterinary Science, M.H. Gluck Equine Research
Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Wendy E. Vaala, VMD, Diplomate ACVIM, Senior Equine
Technical Service Veterinarian, Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal
Health, Alma, WI
Dickson D. Varner, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACT, Professor and
Pin Oak Stud Chair of Stallion Reproductive Studies, Department of
Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and
Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station,
TX
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Now in a much-anticipated new edition, this gold standard reference is the most comprehensive and authoritative text on equine reproduction. Serving theriogenologists, practitioners and breeders worldwide as a one-stop resource for the reproductive assessment and management of equine patients, Equine Reproduction provides detailed information on examinations techniques, breeding procedures, pregnancy diagnosis and management, reproductive tract diseases and surgery, and foaling.
The stallion, mare and foal sections have been thoroughly revised and updated to include the latest information on every subject. New topics include discussion of nutritional and behavioral factors in the broodmare and stallion, parentage testing, fetal sexing and the health and management of older foals, weanlings and yearlings. Additionally, this outstanding second edition features a new section on assisted reproductive techniques, including detailed information on artificial insemination, in-vitro fertilization, embryo transfer and technology.
Key features
Contenu
Contributors xvii
Preface to the second edition xxxiv
Preface to the first edition xxxv
Acknowledgments xxxvi
Color plates appear between pages 812 and 813
Volume 1
Part I: The Foal
Section (a) Prepartum assessment of the foal
1 Identification of the high-risk pregnancy 5
Elizabeth M. Santschi and Wendy E. Vaala
2 Monitoring the high-risk pregnancy 16
Wendy E. Vaala
3 Management of the high-risk pregnancy 25
Elizabeth M. Santschi and Wendy E. Vaala
4 Ultrasonographic monitoring of the fetus 39
Stefania Bucca
5 Sedation and anesthesia of the pregnant mare 55
John A.E. Hubbell*
*Section (b) Foal adaptation to parturition
6 The normal post partum foal 63
Sarah J. Stoneham
7 Endocrinological adaptation 69
Jennifer C. Ousey
8 The placenta 84
Peter R. Morresey
Section (c) Postpartum fetal assessment
9 Examination of the placenta 99
Donald H. Schlafer
10 Peri-parturient management of the mare and neonate 111
T. Douglas Byars and Barry W. Simon
Section (d) Problems of the immediate postpartum period
11 Foal rejection 117
Wendy E. Vaala
12 Prematurity, dysmaturity and assessment of maturity 121
Guy D. Lester
13 Resuscitation (foal and birth) 128
Niamh M. Collins, Jane E. Axon and Jonathan E. Palmer
14 Shock 136
Niamh M. Collins, Jane E. Axon and Jonathan E. Palmer
15 Perinatal asphyxia syndrome 147
Pamela A. Wilkins
16 Sepsis 154
L. Chris Sanchez
Section (e) Specific diagnostic and management techniques
17 Critical care assessment 167
Jane E. Axon
18 Critical care monitoring 177
Darien J. Feary
19 Critical care treatment 189
Jane E. Axon
20 Complications of neonatal infection 198
Mary Rose Paradis
21 Fluid therapy 205
Robert P. Franklin
22 Respiratory assistance 215
Jonathan E. Palmer
23 Sedation, anesthesia and analgesia 221
Lori A. Bidwell
24 Stabilization and preparation for transport 230
Robert P. Franklin and Jennifer R. Read
25 Transfusion techniques 238
John F. Freestone
26 Diagnostic ultrasonography of the abdomen 243
Virginia B. Reef and JoAnn Slack
27 Antibiotic therapy 253
K. Gary Magdesian
28 Enteral and parenteral nutrition for the neonatal foal 263
Wendy E. Vaala
29 Growth of horses 280
Clarissa Brown-Douglas, Peter Huntington and Joe Pagan
30 Important gastrointestinal parasites 292
Eugene T. Lyons, Mariana Ionita and Sharon C. Tolliver
31 Vaccination of mares, foals and weanlings 302
W. David Wilson
Section (f) Immune system
32 Development of the foal immune system 331
M. Julia B. Felippe Flaminio and Rebecca L. Tallmadge
33 Colostrum: Assessment of quality and artificial supplementation 342
Guy D. Lester
34 Assessment and modification of passive transfer 346
Sally L. Vivrette
35 Neonatal isoerythrolysis 353
Jill R. Johnson
36 Immunodeficiencies in foals 361
M. Julia B. Felippe Flaminio
37 Severe combined immunodeficiency 369
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