Western Horseman: Understanding Lameness
By Terry Swanson and Heidi Nyland
$20.95 (SAVE OFF THE COVER PRICE! COPIES SIGNED BY NYLAND)
Western Horseman Book: Understanding Lameness
News Release
Colorado Springs, Colo. (2009)—Western Horseman has released Understanding Lameness, Examining Equine Lameness from Diagnosis to Prognosis. Past president of the American Association of Equine Practitioners, Terry Swanson, DVM, of Littleton (Colo.) Equine Medical Center and professional equine journalist Heidi Nyland, masterfully consider common lameness issues in user-friendly language presented in an easy-to-follow format.
In the first chapter, Swanson sets the stage, describing an equine lameness examination, the degrees of lameness and the latest diagnostic tools. His final chapter considers owner participation in treating and managing equine lameness.The remaining 16 chapters address everything from hoof abscesses, white-line disease and navicular syndrome to laminitis, ringbone and soft-tissue injuries. Swanson presents a typical scenario for how each problem might become obvious and tells what the owner might do to help alleviate or evaluate the situation. Veterinary diagnostic procedure and treatment options follow, and lameness severity is considered in the final prognosis.
Swanson draws on his clinic archives so you know what to expect when viewing radiographs, ultrasounds, MRIs and more, and son Roy Dean Swanson has created outstanding illustrations. Nyland’s photos relate what’s seen via diagnostics and show how your horse will be treated. Her action photos start the beginning of most chapters and show the extreme moves and sports that horses and humans love and need to be in top shape to compete in.
Swanson’s common-sense approach in Understanding Lameness is a great asset in keeping your horse sound, as well as for coping with a lameness diagnosis.
Understanding Lameness, 8 ½ by 11 inches, 215 pages.
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