List of Contributors
Preface to the Seventh Edition
Preface to the Sixth Edition
Preface to the Fifth Edition
Preface to the Fourth Edition
Acknowledgements
Common Terminologies and Abbreviations
About the Companion Website
1. Functional Anatomy of the Musculoskeletal System
a. Hoof Fails
b. Forelimb - Fails
c. Hindlimb Fails
d. Axial skeleton Fails
2. Examination for Lameness
a. History, visual exam and conformation Baxter and Stashak
b. Palpation and manipulation Baxter and Stashak
c. Subjective assessment of lameness - Keegan
d. Objective assessment of lameness - Keegan
e. Perineural and Intrasynovial anesthesia Baxter
3. Diagnostic Imaging
a. Radiography- Acutt, Barrett
b. Ultrasound Redding
c. Nuclear scintigraphy Selberg, Acutt, Valdes-Martinez
d. CT Spriet
e. MRI Schramme and Segard-Weisse
f. Thermography Turner
4. Lameness of the Distal Limb
a. Foot
Navicular region and soft tissue injuries of the foot Eggleston and Baxter
Coffin joint and distal phalanx Baxter
b. Miscellaneous conditions of the foot Baxter
Laminitis Belknap, Parks, Dern
c. Pastern Watts and Baxter
d. Fetlock Brokken and Bertone
e. Metacarpal/metatarsal regions Ortved and Bertone
5. Lameness of the Proximal Limb
a. Carpus Kawcak
b. Antebrachium, elbow and humerus Hubert
c. Shoulder and scapula Hubert
d. Tarsus - Redding
e. Tibia and Crus Redding
f. Stifle - FP region Baxter and Sullins
g. Stifle - FT region - Kawcak
h. Femur and coxofemoral region Ernst, Trumble (delete Baxter as co-author)
6. Lameness Associated with the Axial Skeleton
a. Pelvis Van Wessum
b. Sacroiliac region -Van Wessum
c. Thoracolumbar region/Back - Van Wessum
d. Neck and poll - Van Wessum
7. Principles of Musculoskeletal Disease
a. Joint disease and osteoarthritis McIlwraith
b. Bone injuries and disease Kawcak and Baxter
c. Tendon and ligament injuries Goodrich
d. Muscle injuries/disease - Valberg
8. Principles of Therapy for Lameness
a. Systemic/Parenteral Koch and Goodrich
b. Topical/local Koch and Goodrich
c. Intrasynovial Smanik and Goodrich
d. Intralesional Steward and Goodrich
e. Oral/Nutritional Ernst and Trumble
f. Therapeutic trimming and shoeing Parks
g. Acupuncture/chiropractic/manipulation Haussler
h. Rehabilitation/Physical therapy King, Ellis, Stubbs
9. Occupation-related Lameness Conditions
a. Thoroughbred racehorses - Carpenter
b. Standardbred racehorses Johnston and Nickels
c. Quarter Horse racehorses Goodman and Overly
d. Western performance horses Dabariener
e. Jumping/Dressage/Eventing Maher
f. Endurance horses Holbrook
g. Show/pleasure horses Johnson and Frisbie
h. Gaited horses Wilson and Keegan
i. Draft horses- Hawkins
10. Lameness in the Young Horse
a. The physis/physeal fractures/physitis Tatarniuk, Trumble and Baxter
b. Angular limb deformities/cuboidal bone malformation Ernst, Trumble and Baxter
c. Flexural deformities Ernst, Trumble and Baxter
d. Osteochondrosis McIlwraith
e. Lameness in foals Hunt
11. Foot Care and Farriery
a. Basic foot care OGrady
b. Principles of trimming and shoeing- OGrady
c. Farriery for common hoof problems - OGrady
d. Natural balance trimming and shoeing Ovnicek
12. Miscellaneous Musculoskeletal Conditions
a. Musculoskeletal emergencies Seabaugh
b. The poor-performing horse Davidson
c. Evaluation of Saddle fit Haussler
d. Prepurchase examination - Eggleston
e. Stance and Gait Anomalies caused by Neurological Disease Goehring
Index
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