The Horse Professional Guide to Colic

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The 'Horse Professional Guide to Colic' helps horse owners understand the many causes of colic in horses and prepares them to deal with the condition.

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A 68-page book aimed at informing horse owners, veterinary nurses and veterinary students.

The 'Horse Professional Guide to Colic' helps horse owners understand the many causes of colic in horses and prepares them to deal with the condition. It describes the equine digestive tract and anatomical factors that make horses prone to serious abdominal disorders. The book sets out practical preventative measures and simple steps to take to be prepared for a serious colic episode. This information is intended to support and inform owners whose horses who have undergone colic surgery.

This book is intended to help owners understand the multitude of conditions that can cause colic in horses. The book starts with a basic description of the anatomy of the equine digestive tract and outlines the design flaws of horses' bowels that predispose the species to serious abdominal accidents. What to do when a horse develops colic and how to cope until the veterinarian arrives are covered as well as some simple steps that owners can take to try to avoid their horses developing colic. The book is also intended to give support and information to owners whose horses who have undergone colic surgery. Potential costs, complications and aftercare for surgical cases are covered. The book is suitable for anyone who owns a horse and wants to become better informed and prepared to deal with this common, potentially fatal, condition in horses.

Lissa Oliver

The Irish Field

...the most complete and indispensable book of its kind. No stable should be without a copy.

Marcus Swail

BVMS MRCVS, Irish Showjumping Team Vet

The Horse Professional Guide To Colic provides accessible, informative advice to the horse owner on the often confusing and misunderstood subject of colic. It is full of useful information for anyone who wants to better understand colic and how to deal with it.

Karen Dunne

CertEM(Stud Med), MVB. Veterinary Nursing Lecturer, Department of Applied Sciences, Dundalk Institute of Technology

It's extremely up to date and is full of highly relevant and invaluable information for both student veterinary nurses, and those in practice, who are looking to improve their skills in the area of equine colic. The clear layout and excellent illustrations make it an enjoyable, as well as a highly informative, read. It will be very beneficial to veterinary nurses who want to improve their knowledge of the acute equine abdomen and optimise their patient care. Colic surgery epitomises the dedicated and highly skilled team approach required of the veterinary practitioners and nurses who assess, stabilise, anaesthetise, operate on and intensively nurse these patients in order to restore them to health. I will be recommending this book to all my students, and I hope that many others also will learn from it, to the benefit of horses everywhere.

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The Horse Professional Guide to Colic

Lissa Oliver

Marcus Swail

Karen Dunne

INTRODUCTION

SECTION 1 | what is colic?

SECTION 2 | what causes colic?

SECTION 3 | how can I help prevent colic?

SECTION 4 | coping with colic

SECTION 5 | the veterinary examination for colic

SECTION 6 | surgical colic

SECTION 7 | medical colic

SECTION 8 | if the worst happens

SECTION 9 | further information

Glossary of terms used by vets