Cowboy Times
November 1997
This book should definitely be on everyone's shelf. It can teach
an expert a thing or two that they may have never known or just
plain forgot about.
The introduction of this book sizes up the purpose and the necessity
that this book serves as a reference to both the experienced horseman
and the beginner.
Lameness is one of the most common problems in horses, and a primary
reason why horses fail to perform to their owners' or trainers'
expectations. More training time is lost, more competitions are
missed, and more careers are prematurely ended because of lameness
than for any other condition.
This book analyzes the causes, diagnosis, and management of the
many and varied problems that can cause lameness in horses. By understanding
how a condition develops, the owner or trainer is better equipped
to prevent it, or at least recognize it early enough for treatment
to be successful.
No book can take the place of an experienced veterinarian. But
it is hoped that this book will bridge the communication gap that
sometimes exists between horse owners or trainers and their veterinarians.
Equine Lameness touches on all the simple points
of lameness as well as the medically complicated. But it explains
every diagnosis in a way that the horseman can understand and perhaps
save veterinarians time by being more knowledgeable, therefore having
less questions.
As far as teaching a new owner or trainer just staring out or an
up and coming youth this reference is irreplaceable. It covers not
only the basics but it digs deeper into a much needed knowledge.
It has many graphics and pictures that allow the reader to actually
see what the lameness or condition looks like. Often showing a minor
condition versus an extreme diagnosis. This lets readers compare
their horse's condition to the one in the book, helping them identify
the lameness and its degree of severity.
It is easy to find what you are looking for. The book is divided
into very detailed sections and the index is in-depth.
The glossary is extensive. In each chapter it will refer you to
the glossary or will even define the word(s) in a boxed section
within the page.
This book covers everything from defining and evaluating lameness;
purchase examinations; physical therapies; medications; veterinary
procedures; hoof conformation and shoeing options; muscle, joint,
and bone problems; neurologic causes of lameness; lameness caused
by skin problems; developmental orthopedic disorders and everything
in between.
It also covers treatments of the specific conditions of the foot,
pastern and fetlock, cannon and splint bones, knee, upper foreleg,
hock, upper hindleg and the back.
This is a must buy reference that will never become outdated.
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