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Authoritative, comprehensive and practical, this fully updated and revised edition includes new material on: Laminitis, Equine Metabolic Syndrome, Body Condition Scoring, Biosecurity including Yard Biosecurity plans and National Biosecurity plans; and a brief overview on international horse movements. Also included are sections on Exotic Diseases, Equine Grass Sickness, Atypical Myopathy and an update on RAO (COPD). The BHS Veterinary Manual is a companion volume to The BHS Complete Manual of Stable Management and indirectly to The BHS Complete Manual of Equitation. They are intended primarily for examination students but should also be essential reading for all who care about and care for the horse.
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Stewart Hastie is a well-known specialist equine vet with special interest in musculo-skeletal disorders and associated locomotion spinal problems as these affect athletic performance. He was awarded Honorary Fellowship of the Society of Master Saddlers in January 2007. He is the only vet to have received this prestigious award for contribution (vet input) to saddle fitting. Philip Ivens qualified from Cambridge University in 2003. He gained the RCVS Certificate in Equine Internal Medicine at the Equine Referral Hospital at the Royal Veterinary College in London. In 2011 he gained by examination the European Diploma in Equine Internal Medicine (DipECEIM) becoming a European specialist in Equine Internal Medicine.
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Some 60 million years ago in the Eocene period there appeared a small, fox-sized, four-toed quadruped, which was a restricted nomad but not particularly gregarious, and which is now recognised by fossil remains as the first or 'Dawn' horse, and given the generic name Hyracotherium (in Europe) and Eohippus (in America). Read the first page
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Some 60 million years ago in the Eocene period there appeared a small, fox-sized, four-toed quadruped, which was a restricted nomad but not particularly gregarious, and which is now recognised by fossil remains as the first or 'Dawn' horse, and given the generic name Hyracotherium (in Europe) and Eohippus (in America). Read the first page
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A title that should be on the shelf of any horse owner/rider or carer. Very much a high level book with a lot of in depth coverage though perhaps written with a more involved readership in mind..ie, veterinary students. Nicely divided up for reference purposes but the illustrations, although very good, do not make a good substitute for photographs, albeit understood that photos cannot be provided for all situations described within the book. It's a book worth reading a bit at a time and the information digested, and surprising amounts can be learned from studying this work.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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This book may be a mine of information, but it is very hard to read due to overuse and wrong use of bullet points, which unnecessarily break up sentences and distract the eye - in places it looks like someone's lecture notes. It could also do with more illustrative pictures and photographs, and clearer headings. The author also explains why he wants to use the word dis-ease rather than disease, but the use of dis-ease makes the text look old-fashioned.
There are also some glaring omissions - being the owner of an elderly pony I was interested in reading about Cushings, but there was practically nothing about it in the book which I found surprising.
So for me as an "average" horse owner, I'm disappointed in this book and am now looking for another equine veterinary book to supplement this one, something I thought I wouldn't have to do because I was expecting this one to be my "bible".
There are also some glaring omissions - being the owner of an elderly pony I was interested in reading about Cushings, but there was practically nothing about it in the book which I found surprising.
So for me as an "average" horse owner, I'm disappointed in this book and am now looking for another equine veterinary book to supplement this one, something I thought I wouldn't have to do because I was expecting this one to be my "bible".
17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
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This book is detailed enough for those studying towards examinations but is still suitable for the general equine owner who wishes to know more!! Everything is explained in extreme detail and has loads of diagrams to help explain. An amazing book that's well worth buying. Great value for money and i believe it is the best of it's kind.
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well worth having
Brilliant and informative book just what I needed for my BHS exams! Wish me luck for my Stage 3 in July 2012.
Published 1 month ago by loopy Laura
Full of errors
I have many equine texts having studied for BHS exams and equine physiotherapy and I can safely say this is the worst book in my library. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Ms S, Dorset
Over complicated layout
Havin read some of the reviews, I was so excited waiting for this book to arrive, and was so dissapointed. Read more
Published 15 months ago by C. Belshaw
Excellent!
This manual is absolutely amazing. Everything is explained clearly and laid out in such a way that it keeps your attention at all times. Read more
Published on 15 Jan 2010 by Ms. C. S. Ramsoey
A Veterinary Manual with 99.9% of the answers!
Until now "Veterinary Notes for Horse Owners" by Horace Hayes was the definitive equine veterinary guide. Read more
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