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PREFACE TO THE

SEVENTH EDITION

Welcome to the seventh edition of Adams and examination (palpation, hoof testing, flexion tests) and
Stashak’s Lameness in Horses. The seventh edition is a perineural and intrasynovial injection techniques. The
full‐color edition, and therefore a major effort was made clips will be available on a companion website intended to
to include new color images and illustrations. The goal complement the text within the book. The goal is for the
was to have every image meet the standard of digital reader to use the video clips to better interpret and under-
quality and clearly illustrate what the author had stand the text by being able to clearly see the procedure
intended. Another major goal was to update existing being performed on a live horse. The select perineural
material and add new information without expanding and intrasynovial injection video clips contain extensive
the size of the book. This required reorganization, con- anatomic details inserted directly into the live demonstra-
solidation, and addition and subtraction of material tions to better illustrate the techniques. Important ana-
throughout the text. You will notice that the previous tomic landmarks are clearly labeled on the videos for
Chapters 2 and 3 were consolidated into a single chap- further clarity.
ter to permit the addition of more material on objective I wish to thank all of the authors that have contrib-
lameness diagnosis by Dr. Kevin Keegan. The large uted to the seventh edition as well as those that have
Chapter 5 in the sixth edition was condensed and contributed in the past and for the medical illustrators
divided into two individual chapters that focused on that helped create the new images and videos for the
lameness problems of the distal vs. proximal aspects of book. I would also like to thank all of the horses, clients,
the limbs. Additionally, the references throughout the and veterinarians that have provided the case material,
book were grouped at the end of each major subheading knowledge, and experiences that have been included
instead of listed after each topic to prevent repetition of within this text. I hope that the seventh edition contin-
the references within chapters. ues to exemplify the excellent tradition that has been
Also available to the reader are short “how to” video characteristic of the previous editions of Adams and
clips that demonstrate a variety of different physical Stashak’s Lameness in Horses.

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