Page 1173 - The Veterinary Care of the Horse

fly rugs 753
foaling 636–43
first-stage labour 637
VetBooks.ir induction 638

normal 639
post-foaling checks 640–3
post-foaling complications 638–40, 643
preparation for 635–6

second-stage labour 637–8
third-stage labour 638
foals
after birth checks 640
angular limb deformities 287–90
and botulism 327
and coprophagia 684
and crib-biting 675, 677
and dental examination 30
and diarrhoea 525
enema 732
gastric ulcer 505
gastric ulceration 675, 677
guttural pouch tympany 453
IgG test 641, 717
and equine herpesvirus 431, 432

and intramuscular injections 759
and joint infection 248–50
and tetanus 325, 326
and vaccination 24
and wobbler syndrome 31
and worm infestations 41, 43, 51
foetal membrane retention 641–2
fomentation, hot 80
food impaction
colic 498, 516–8
oesophagus (choke) 499–502
food reflux 497, 514, 520
foot

anatomy 121–4, 174
balance 91–2, 147, 125–8, 151–3, 174, 178, 183–4, 232, 405
blood supply with laminitis 161–3
collateral cartilage 183–5
placement 94
shifting of weight from one foot to another 157, 176