Concise Textbook of Equine Clinical Practice Book 3

Preface. Author Bios. Respiratory System. Introduction. Clinical examination of the respiratory tract. Physical examination of the respiratory tract. Diagnostic tests. Surgical conditions of the respiratory tract. Nostril. Nasal passages and Paranasal sinuses. Pharynx and larynx. Trachea. Guttural Pouch. Medical conditions of the upper respiratory tract. Viral diseases. Bacterial disease. Medical conditions of the lower respiratory tract. Infectious conditions. Obstructive conditions. Parasitic conditions. Miscellaneous conditions. The Upper Gastrointestinal Tract. The oral cavity. Introduction. Age-related changes in the appearance of teeth with eruption and ageing. Dental examination of the horse. Dental imaging. Diseases of the teeth and oral cavity. Conditions associated with development and eruption of teeth. Acquired dental disease. Dental diseases associated with wear. Disease of canine teeth. Treatment of common pathologies. Non-dental disease of the oral cavity. Oral neoplasia. Diseases of the salivary glands. Diseases of the oesophagus. Congenital and developmental diseases of the equine oesophagus. Acquired oesophageal disorders. The Lower Gastrointestinal Tract. Physical examination. Diagnostic tests. Use of analgesics in colic. General disorders of the lower gastrointestinal tract. Disorders of the stomach. Disorders of the small intestine. Disorders of the caecum. Disorders of the large colon. Disorders of the small colon and rectum. Disorders of the peritoneal cavity.

Timothy P. Barnett BSc(Hons), BVM&S, MSc, CertAVP, DipECVS, DipEVDC-Eq, MRCVS qualified from the University of Edinburgh in 2005. After a period in general practice, he joined Rossdales in Newmarket, working as an orthopaedic assistant and then an 18-month internship in the hospital and diagnostic centre. He undertook a surgical residency at the University of Edinburgh before re-joining Rossdales in 2014. He worked in general practice and then part of the horses in training team before moving into the surgical and dental referral group. He became clinical director of Rossdales in 2021. He was awarded an MSc with Distinction from the University of Edinburgh 2014 for his work on post-operative findings in horses undergoing laryngoplasty and attained the RCVS Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice and became a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Surgeons (EVCS) in 2015. He became a Diplomate of the European Veterinary Dental College (EVDC) in 2018. He holds RCVS specialist status in both equine surgery and dentistry.

Erin Beasley, DVM, DACVIM, PhD, is a Clinical Associate Professor in Large Animal
Internal Medicine at the University of Georgia in Athens, GA USA. Her doctoral research was in cardiovascular function in horses with gastrointestinal disease. Equine cardiology remains a special interest, although all things internal medicine related make each day in this profession exciting and challenging.

Laura Javsicas is board certified by the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in Large Animal Medicine and has special interests in neonatology, ultrasonography, cardiology, gastrointestinal diseases and emergency/critical care medicine. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania before completing an internship at the Hagyard Equine Medical Institute in Lexington, KY. She then completed in equine internal medicine residency at the University of Florida following