AAEVT's Equine Manual for Veterinary Technicians / Edition 1

by Deborah Reeder, Sheri Miller, DeeAnn Wilfong, Midge Leitch, Dana Zimmel

Overview

AAEVT's Equine Manual for Veterinary Technicians offers a compendium of information on the care and treatment of horses for equine veterinary technicians. Highly accessible and easy to use, the book builds on the basics of equine care to provide a complete reference for equine nursing and technical skills. AAEVT's Equine Manual for Veterinary Technicians is an invaluable guide for qualified equine veterinary technicians and assistants, particularly those earning their equine certification, vet tech students, and equine practices.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813829715
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	05/26/2009
Pages:	424
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.60(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Deborah Reeder, RVT is the executive director of the American Association of Equine Veterinary Technicians.

Sheri Miller, LVT is the president of the American Association of Equine Veterinary Technicians.

DeeAnn Wilfong, BS, CVT is the president-elect of the American Association of Equine Veterinary Technicians.

Midge Leitch, VMD, DAVCS is the Clinician in Radiology at New Bolton Center at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine.

Dana Zimmel, DVM, DACVIM, DABVP (Equine Practice) is on the faculty at the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Florida.

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Table of Contents

Preface vii
Midge Leitch

Acknowledgments ix
Deborah Reeder

Contributors xi

Medical Acronyms and Abbreviations xiii
Deborah Reeder and Sheri Miller

1 General Horse Management 3
Dana Zimmel

2 Equine Nutrition 11
Mary Beth Gordon J. K. Young K. E. Davison and R. H. Raub

3 Applied Anatomy and Physiology 47
Amanda M. House Kira Epstein Laura Riggs and Kelsey A. Hart

4 Equine Reproduction 93
Michelle LeBlanc and Audrey Kelleman

5 Equine Wellness Program 131
Dana Zimmel

6 Foal Care 147
Bonnie S. Barr DeeAnn Wilfong Laura Javsicas Tanya M. Balaam-Morgan and Dana Zimmel

7 Equine Pharmacology 165
Jennifer L. Davis

8 Laboratory Diagnosis in Equine Practice 187
Craig F. Shoemaker

9 Equine Anesthesia 217
Erin M. McNally and Luisito S. Pablo

10 Surgical Assistance 249
Gail Broussard Elizabeth Hinton and Tracy McArthur

11 Nursing Care 265
Bonnie S. Barr Dennis Brooks Laura Javsicas and Dana Zimmel

12 Technical Procedures 301
DeeAnn Wilfong and Bryan Waldridge

13 Diagnostic Procedures 317
Katherine Garrett and Midge Leitch

14 Common Equine Medical Emergencies 341
Michael Porter

15 Equine Office Procedures 355
Deborah Reeder

Index 377

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Dennis D French, DVM (University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine)
Description: The authors have done a marvelous job of incorporating the most important aspects of equine practice in one book. The coverage of maintenance of horses as well as their medical and surgical issues is impressive, and it also includes bookkeeping data that will be valuable to technicians assisting new equine practitioners.
Purpose: The purpose was to compile a reference that serves the specific needs of technicians in equine care. There is no other book like this written solely for equine technicians. The authors have done a commendable job of providing a concise, all-encompassing view of equine practice.
Audience: Written strictly for equine technicians, the book addresses issues they face on a daily basis. The editors have done a wonderful job of recruiting authors, practitioners and technicians, who have firsthand knowledge of the practice and can communicate that knowledge.
Features: The first chapters on general equine care and nutrition along with equine anatomy and physiology are particularly well done and informative. The images are helpful, although color photos would have been nice. The only shortcoming is the lack of discussion of sales preparation issues that occur in the racing industry.
Assessment: This is a complete and thorough manual for a very specific audience and the quality of the information is first rate. McCurnin's Clinical Textbook for Veterinary Technicians, 7th edition, Bassert and McCurnin (Elsevier, 2010), provides much of the same information, but does not focus on equine practice.

Doody's Review Service

"The text is well organized and thorough, provides excellentacademic knowledge, and covers topics that are most likely to beencountered by a veterinary technician employed. The text involvesa depth of knowledge that I believe would be well understood bystudents. In addition, the book complements the narrative of eachchapter with pictorials that students will find to be extremelybeneficial." (Vet Med Today, 15 June 2010)

The one thing I really like about this text is the sample forms(eg, dental charts, general procedure forms, and client-consentforms) designed specifically for equine patients. This text hasgreat potential for being incorporated into a veterinary technologycurriculum." (Vet Med Today, August 2010)

"The text is well organized and thorough, provides excellentacademic knowledge, and covers topics that are most likely to beencountered by a veterinary technician employed in equinemedicine... the authors did an extremely good job of providing theelements in a complete and compact package for students interestedin this topic. The one thing I really like about this text is thesample forms (eg, dental charts, general procedure forms, andclient-consent forms) designed specifically for equine patients.This text has great potential for being incorporated into aveterinary technology curriculum." (JAVMA, June2010)

“This is a complete and thorough manual for a veryspecific audience and the quality of the information is firstrate.” (Doody’s, May 2010)

 

From the Publisher

Reviewer: Dennis D French, DVM(University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine)
Description: The authors have done a marvelous job of incorporating the most important aspects of equine practice in one book. The coverage of maintenance of horses as well as their medical and surgical issues is impressive, and it also includes bookkeeping data that will be valuable to technicians assisting new equine practitioners.
Purpose: The purpose was to compile a reference that serves the specific needs of technicians in equine care. There is no other book like this written solely for equine technicians. The authors have done a commendable job of providing a concise, all-encompassing view of equine practice.
Audience: Written strictly for equine technicians, the book addresses issues they face on a daily basis. The editors have done a wonderful job of recruiting authors, practitioners and technicians, who have firsthand knowledge of the practice and can communicate that knowledge.
Features: The first chapters on general equine care and nutrition along with equine anatomy and physiology are particularly well done and informative. The images are helpful, although color photos would have been nice. The only shortcoming is the lack of discussion of sales preparation issues that occur in the racing industry.
Assessment: This is a complete and thorough manual for a very specific audience and the quality of the information is first rate. McCurnin's Clinical Textbook for Veterinary Technicians, 7th edition, Bassert and McCurnin (Elsevier, 2010), provides much of the same information, but does not focus on equine practice.