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treatment 527–9
when to call the vet 525
diastemata 36
VetBooks.ir diastole 481, 484

Dictyocaulus arnfieldi 45, 47, 50, 697
diet
balanced 137
and digestive conditions 501, 503, 509

and equine grass sickness 333
and equine metabolic syndrome 650, 651–2
and hyperlipaemia 536, donkeys 694
and laminitis 156, 164, 170–1
and liver disease 533–4
low carbohydrate/high fibre 170
and muscle disorders 305, 306, 307, 310
and osteochondrosis 242–3
and pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction 647
and recurrent airway obstruction 460–1
and skin disorders 579
dietary cation/anion balance (DCAB) 305, 307
digestive system 497–550
anatomy 497–8
choke 497, 499–502
colic 498, 510–23

diarrhoea 523–9
equine gastric ulcer syndrome 502–8
hind gut ulceration 508–10
liver disease 529–38
peritonitis 538–42
poisonous plants 542–50
stages of digestion 497–9
digital cushion 124, 183
digital flexor tendon sheath
tendinous windgalls 265
tenosynovitis 266–9
digital pulse 58, 92, 131, 135, 150, 157, 181, 292, 649
dimethyl sulphoxide (DMSO) 196, 209, 211, 212, 232, 282

dioestrus 618–19
direct nerve implantation for recurrent laryngeal neuropathy (RLN) 474
disinfectant, 440, 525, 564, 733, 769
topical hoof 138, 141, 144, 173
disodium cromoglycate 462
distal sesamoidean impar ligament 124, 174