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vitamin D 263, 552
vitamin E deficiency 305, 320, 322–3
vitamin K 492, 498
VetBooks.ir Vitex agnus castus 648

vitiligo 606–7
vocal cord resection 473
vulva
assessment in broodmare 620–2

relaxation before foaling 636
stitching (Caslick’s operation) 622, 637
tumour 604

walking
backwards 95, 354
in-hand walking 231
reluctance to walk 157
warts, verrucose 593–4
wave mouth 35
weaving 677–9
weight-bearing on one limb, excessive 156
weight loss, achieving 650–2
‘whistling’ 470, 472
white blood cells (leucocytes) 489, 714
differential white cell count 715–6
low white cell count 492, 714, 715–6
total white blood cell (WBC) count 715
types of white blood cells 489
white cell values 715–16

white line 123
disease 171–3
displacement with keratoma 189
increased width, laminitis 159
wind-sucking 674–7
‘wind-up’ (facilitation) 409–10
‘winking’ 618, 619
withdrawal (horse behaviour)54
wither patterns 359
withers, septic bursitis (fistulous withers) 273–4
wobbler syndrome 95, 315–20
causes 316

clinical signs 316–17
diagnosis 318
grading system 317–18