Equine Pharmacology

Equine Pharmacology combines highly practical therapeutic guidance with reliable scientific background information to provide a clinically relevant resource. Taking a body systems approach to the subject, the book offers the equine clinician with fast access to drug options for a given disease, with additional information available for reference as needed. Logically organized to lead the reader through the clinical decision-making process, Equine Pharmacology is a user-friendly reference for pharmacological information in the horse.

The book begins with a general review section presenting the principles of antimicrobials, anesthesia, analgesics, anti-parasitics, foals, fluid therapy, and drug and medication control programs. The remainder of the book is devoted to a body systems approach to therapeutics, allowing the reader to search by affected system or specific disease to find detailed advice on drug therapy. Equine Pharmacology is an invaluable addition to the practice library for any clinician treating equine patients.

Key features:

• Takes an innovative body systems approach to the subject of equine pharmacology
• Offers quick reference to information about drug options for many diseases relevant to horses
• Combines practical, clinically oriented advice with scientific rigor
• Acts as an aid to selecting and implementing therapeutic options
• Allows searching by affected system or by specific diseases
• Brings together veterinary pharmacologists and equine clinicians to offer a wide perspective to the topic

Cynthia Cole, DVM, PhD, DACVCP, is Director of Research and Development at Mars Veterinary in Portland, Oregon, USA.

Bradford Bentz, VMD, MS, DACVIM, DACVECC, DABVP (Equine), is a private equine practitioner at Equine Medicine and Surgery in Bossier City, Louisiana, USA.

Lara Maxwell, DVM, PhD, DACVCP, is an Associate Professor of Pharmacology at the College of Veterinary Medicine, Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA.