Equine Pharmacology combines highly practical therapeutic guidance with reliable scientific background information to provide a clinically relevant resource. Taking a body systems approach to the subject, the book offers the equine clinician fast access to drug options for a given disease, with additional information available for reference as needed. Logically organized to lead the reader through the clinical decision-making process, Equine Pharmacology is a user-friendly reference for pharmacological information on the horse. The book begins with a general review section presenting the principles of antimicrobials, anesthesia, analgesics, anti-parasitics, foals, fluid therapy, and drug and medication control programs. The remainder of the book is devoted to a body systems approach to therapeutics, allowing the reader to search by affected system or specific disease to find detailed advice on drug therapy. Equine Pharmacology is an invaluable addition to the practice library for any clinician treating equine patients.

Equine Pharmacology combines highly practical therapeuticguidance with reliable scientific background information to providea clinically relevant resource. Taking a body systems approach tothe subject, the book offers the equine clinician fast access todrug options for a given disease, with additional informationavailable for reference as needed. Logically organized to lead thereader through the clinical decision-making process, EquinePharmacology is a user-friendly reference for pharmacologicalinformation on the horse.The book begins with a general review section presenting theprinciples of antimicrobials, anesthesia, analgesicsanti-parasitics, foals, fluid therapy, and drug and medicationcontrol programs. The remainder of the book is devoted to a bodysystems approach to therapeutics, allowing the reader to search byaffected system or specific disease to find detailed advice on drugtherapy. Equine Pharmacology is an invaluable addition tothe practice library for any clinician treating equinepatients.

Contributors viPreface viiiSection 1: General Review Section1 Horse of a different color: Peculiarities of equine pharmacology 3Lara Maxwell2 Basics of antimicrobial therapy for the horse 16Cynthia Cole3 Anesthesia and sedation in the field 44Jennifer E. Carter4 Clinical application of equine analgesics 63Sheilah A. Robertson and L. Chris Sanchez5 Pharmacology of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs 76Cynthia Cole6 Parasiticides for use in horses 85Tad Coles and Randy Lynn7 Foals are not just mini horses 99K. Gary Magdesian8 Fluids and electrolytes for the equine clinician 118Brett Tennent-Brown9 Drug and medication control programs in equine athletes 131Scot Waterman and Jennifer DurenburgerSection 2: Therapeutics: A Systems Approach10 Clinical pharmacology of the respiratory system 139Melissa R. Mazan and Michelle L. Ceresia11 Clinical application of gastrointestinal therapeutics 183L. Chris Sanchez12 Treatment of equine nervous system disorders 192Cynthia Cole and Bradford Bentz13 Clinical pharmacology of the equine musculoskeletal system 218Bradford Bentz14 Therapy of the eye 254Amber Labelle15 Pharmacological treatment of equine endocrine diseases 270Dianne McFarlane16 Equine cardiovascular clinical pharmacology 279Meg Sleeper17 Clinical pharmacology of diseases of the equine urinary system 291Nora Nogradi and Balazs TothIndex 308