Achieve optimal results in equine foot care and treatment! The Illustrated Horse’s Foot: A Comprehensive Guide uses clear instructions in an atlas-style format to help you accurately identify, diagnose, and treat foot problems in horses. Full-color clinical photographs show structure and function as well as the principles of correct clinical examination and shoeing, and a companion website has videos depicting equine foot cases. Written by internationally renowned expert Christoher Pollitt, this resource enhances your ability to treat equine conditions ranging from laminitis to foot cracks, infections, trauma, vascular compromise, and arthritis.

• Comprehensive coverage addresses a wide range of equine foot conditions.
• A unique collection of MIMICs provides beautifully detailed anatomical hoof images.
• ۲۸۴ high-quality images show conditions of the equine foot, including many 2-D reconstructions of MRI and CT data.
• Step-by-step case histories follow equine patients from initial presentation through diagnosis to treatment and outcome.
• A convenient, templated format provides quick access to clinical signs, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis.
• Expert author Chris Pollitt is a pioneer in the use of advanced radiographic, CT, and MRI technology for imaging equine foot and laminitis problems to facilitate accurate diagnosis and effective treatment.

Contents

۱. The hoof
۲. The hoof capsule
۳. The dermis
۴. The mimics anatomic models
۵. Planar anatomy
۶. The suspensory apparatus of the distal phalanx
۷. The circulatory system
۸. Histology
۹. Electron microscopy
۱۰. Bones
۱۱. Joints
۱۲. Radiography of the foot
۱۳. The palmar digital nerve
۱۴. Laminitis
۱۵. Navicular disease
۱۶. Midline toe cracks
۱۷. Seedy toe (“white line disease”)
۱۸. Ossification of the ungular cartilages
۱۹. Coronary band injury
۲۰. Infected nail holes

+ ۵۳ Videos