Main description:

Discusses alternative analgesic techniques - acupuncture, chiropractic, rehab.
Covers anesthesia and sedation for the donkey/mule and miniature horse.
includes over 400 colour illustrations and tables

Contents:

1 Anesthesia Equipment. 2 Preanesthetic evaluation. 3 Sedation and Restraint for Standing Procedures. 4 Induction of Anesthesia. 5 Total Intravenous Anesthesia. 6 Inhalant Anesthesia and Partial Intravenous Anesthesia. 7 Anesthesia monitoring and management. 8 Fluid therapy. 9 Anesthetic Recovery. 10 Complications of Equine Anesthesia. 11 Specific Diseases and Procedures. 12 Pain. 12.1 Physiology, Recognition, and Local Anesthetic Techniques. 12.2 Rehabilitation Techniques. 12.3 Equine Acupuncture. 12.4 Chiropractic. 13 Anesthesia and analgesia for donkeys, mules and foals. 14 Anesthetic Outcome and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. 15. Euthanasia 16 REFERENCE TABLES. 16.1 Equine Blood Values. 16.2 Equine Drug Dose Ranges.