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Geriatric Medicine, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice, E-Book
(2016)
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Abstract
This issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice focuses on Geriatric Emergencies. Article topics include: Demographics of aged horses, management, preventive care and disease; Dental disease in aged horses and its management; Musculoskeletal disease in aged horses and its management; Ophthalmological disorders in aged horses; Integumentary disorders including cutaneous neoplasia in the older horse; Cardiac and respiratory disease in aged horses; Endocrine disease in aged horses and its management; Exercise and rehabilitation of the older horse; and more!
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front Cover | Cover | ||
| Geriatric Medicine\r | i | ||
| Copyright\r | ii | ||
| Contributors | iii | ||
| CONSULTING EDITOR | iii | ||
| EDITOR | iii | ||
| AUTHORS | iii | ||
| Contents | v | ||
| Preface: Geriatric Medicine: Aged Horse Health, Management, and Welfare\r | v | ||
| Demographics, Management, Preventive Health Care and Disease in Aged Horses\r | v | ||
| Dental Disease in Aged Horses and Its Management\r | v | ||
| Musculoskeletal Disease in Aged Horses and Its Management\r | v | ||
| Ophthalmologic Disorders in Aged Horses\r | v | ||
| Integumentary Disorders Including Cutaneous Neoplasia in Older Horses\r | vi | ||
| Cardiac and Respiratory Disease in Aged Horses\r | vi | ||
| Endocrine Disease in Aged Horses\r | vi | ||
| Exercise and Rehabilitation of Older Horses\r | vii | ||
| Immune Dysfunction in Aged Horses\r | vii | ||
| Nutritional Management of the Older Horse\r | vii | ||
| Welfare, Quality of Life, and Euthanasia of Aged Horses\r | vii | ||
| VETERINARY CLINICS OF\rNORTH AMERICA: EQUINE PRACTICE\r | ix | ||
| FORTHCOMING ISSUES | ix | ||
| December 2016 | ix | ||
| April 2017 | ix | ||
| August 2017 | ix | ||
| RECENT ISSUES | ix | ||
| April 2016 | ix | ||
| December 2015 | ix | ||
| August 2015 | ix | ||
| Preface: Geriatric Medicine: Aged Horse Health, Management, and Welfare\r | xi | ||
| Demographics, Management, Preventive Health Care and Disease in Aged Horses | 195 | ||
| Key points | 195 | ||
| IMPORTANCE OF EQUINE GERIATRIC MEDICINE | 195 | ||
| DEFINING THE GERIATRIC HORSE | 196 | ||
| DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE EQUINE GERIATRIC POPULATION | 196 | ||
| MANAGEMENT OF THE GERIATRIC HORSE | 197 | ||
| Stable Management and Housing | 197 | ||
| Feeding and Nutrition | 197 | ||
| Exercise | 198 | ||
| PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE FOR THE AGED HORSE | 198 | ||
| Vaccination | 198 | ||
| Dental Prophylaxis | 199 | ||
| Anthelmintic Administration | 199 | ||
| Farrier Care | 199 | ||
| SIGNS OF AGING | 200 | ||
| DISEASES OF AGED HORSES | 200 | ||
| Musculoskeletal Disorders and Lameness | 200 | ||
| Laminitis | 206 | ||
| Dental Disease | 206 | ||
| Colic | 206 | ||
| Respiratory Disease | 207 | ||
| Cardiovascular Disease | 207 | ||
| Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction | 208 | ||
| Ocular Disorders | 208 | ||
| Neoplasia | 208 | ||
| SUMMARY | 209 | ||
| REFERENCES | 209 | ||
| Dental Disease in Aged Horses and Its Management | 215 | ||
| Key points | 215 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 215 | ||
| ANATOMIC CHANGES WITH AGING | 216 | ||
| EXAMINATION OF THE GERIATRIC PATIENT | 217 | ||
| COMMON DENTAL DISORDERS OF AGED EQUIDS | 218 | ||
| Disorders of the Incisor Teeth | 218 | ||
| Disorders of the Canine Teeth | 220 | ||
| Disorders of the Cheek Teeth | 221 | ||
| Extraoral Pathology | 221 | ||
| Management | 223 | ||
| SUMMARY | 225 | ||
| REFERENCES | 225 | ||
| Musculoskeletal Disease in Aged Horses and Its Management | 229 | ||
| Key points | 229 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 229 | ||
| CHRONIC JOINT DISEASE OR OSTEOARTHRITIS IN THE GERIATRIC HORSE | 230 | ||
| Definition, Pathogenesis, and Clinical Signs | 230 | ||
| Pain in Osteoarthritis | 231 | ||
| Joint pain | 232 | ||
| Nociception in the joint | 232 | ||
| Sources of joint pain in osteoarthritis | 233 | ||
| Management of Chronic Joint Disease in the Geriatric Horse | 233 | ||
| Local treatment of osteoarthritis in the elderly horse | 234 | ||
| Systemic treatment of osteoarthritis in the elderly horse | 235 | ||
| New developments in pain control of chronic joint disease | 237 | ||
| Nutraceuticals | 238 | ||
| Surgical Treatment | 239 | ||
| Supportive Treatments | 239 | ||
| CHRONIC LAMINITIS AND HOOF CARE OF THE GERIATRIC HORSE | 240 | ||
| Pathogenic Mechanisms | 240 | ||
| Treatment Considerations | 240 | ||
| SUMMARY | 243 | ||
| REFERENCES | 243 | ||
| Ophthalmologic Disorders in Aged Horses | 249 | ||
| Key points | 249 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 249 | ||
| CORNEAL DISEASE | 250 | ||
| UVEITIS | 252 | ||
| GLAUCOMA | 252 | ||
| THE LENS | 254 | ||
| THE VITREOUS | 255 | ||
| THE RETINA | 255 | ||
| NEOPLASIA | 256 | ||
| DISTURBANCES OF VISION | 258 | ||
| SUMMARY | 258 | ||
| REFERENCES | 258 | ||
| Integumentary Disorders Including Cutaneous Neoplasia in Older Horses | 263 | ||
| Key points | 263 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 263 | ||
| PRIMARY CONGENITAL/HEREDITARY DISEASE OF OLDER HORSES | 267 | ||
| Fading Appaloosa Syndrome | 267 | ||
| Cardiac and Respiratory Disease in Aged Horses | 283 | ||
| Key points | 283 | ||
| AGE AS A RISK FACTOR FOR CARDIAC AND RESPIRATORY DISEASE IN HORSES | 283 | ||
| SPECIFIC CONDITIONS | 284 | ||
| Recurrent Airway Obstruction | 284 | ||
| Bronchiectasis | 285 | ||
| Hypoxia and Right Heart Dysfunction | 286 | ||
| Pneumonia in the Older Horse | 286 | ||
| Aortic Valvular Regurgitation | 287 | ||
| Mitral Regurgitation | 291 | ||
| Aortocardiac Fistula | 293 | ||
| Thoracic Neoplasia | 294 | ||
| SPECIFIC CONSIDERATIONS FOR THERAPY FOR GERIATRIC PATIENT WITH CARDIAC AND/OR RESPIRATORY DISEASE | 295 | ||
| Congestive Heart Failure | 295 | ||
| Comorbidity in the Geriatric Patient | 297 | ||
| SUPPLEMENTARY DATA | 297 | ||
| REFERENCES | 297 | ||
| Endocrine Disease in Aged Horses | 301 | ||
| Key points | 301 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 301 | ||
| PITUITARY PARS INTERMEDIA DYSFUNCTION | 301 | ||
| Definition and Pathophysiology | 301 | ||
| Diagnosis of Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction | 302 | ||
| Management of Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction | 303 | ||
| EQUINE METABOLIC SYNDROME | 304 | ||
| Definition and Pathophysiology | 304 | ||
| Diagnosis of Equine Metabolic Syndrome | 305 | ||
| Hyperinsulinemia tests | 305 | ||
| Testing insulin resistance | 306 | ||
| Measuring risk factors for insulin resistance | 306 | ||
| Management of Equine Metabolic Syndrome | 307 | ||
| OTHER ENDOCRINOPATHIES | 307 | ||
| Diseases Affecting Glucose Homeostasis | 307 | ||
| Diabetes mellitus | 307 | ||
| Neoplasia-associated hypoglycemia | 308 | ||
| Thyroid Disorders | 308 | ||
| Hypothyroidism | 308 | ||
| Hyperthyroidism | 309 | ||
| Hyperparathyroidism | 309 | ||
| Adrenal Disorders | 309 | ||
| Adrenal cortex | 309 | ||
| Adrenal medulla | 309 | ||
| REFERENCES | 310 | ||
| Exercise and Rehabilitation of Older Horses | 317 | ||
| Key points | 317 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 317 | ||
| AGE-RELATED CHANGES IN AEROBIC CAPACITY AND CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION | 318 | ||
| AGE-RELATED CHANGES IN THERMOREGULATION AND FLUID AND ELECTROLYTE BALANCE | 321 | ||
| AGING-INDUCED CHANGES IN RESPIRATORY FUNCTION THAT MAY AFFECT EXERCISE | 322 | ||
| EFFECTS OF AGE ON BODY COMPOSITION AND MUSCLE FIBER TYPE | 322 | ||
| AGING-RELATED ALTERATIONS IN THE ENDOCRINE RESPONSE TO EXERCISE | 323 | ||
| Cardiovascular and Renal Hormones | 324 | ||
| Growth Hormone | 324 | ||
| Endorphin and Cortisol: the Stress Hormones | 325 | ||
| Metabolic Hormones and the Control of Glucose Homeostasis | 325 | ||
| ALTERATIONS IN THE IMMUNE RESPONSE TO EXERCISE | 326 | ||
| RENAL, GASTROINTESTINAL, AND OTHER SYSTEMS | 327 | ||
| SUMMARY | 327 | ||
| REFERENCES | 328 | ||
| Immune Dysfunction in Aged Horses | 333 | ||
| Key points | 333 | ||
| IMMUNOSENESCENCE | 333 | ||
| AGE-ASSOCIATED CHANGES IN IMMUNE FUNCTION | 334 | ||
| Cell Populations | 334 | ||
| Cytokine and Acute-Phase Protein Profiles in the Aged Horse | 334 | ||
| Immune Responsiveness | 335 | ||
| Lymphocyte Function | 335 | ||
| Neutrophil Function | 335 | ||
| CLINICAL CONSEQUENCES OF IMMUNOSENESCENCE IN HORSES | 336 | ||
| Risk of Infectious Disease | 336 | ||
| Vaccine Responsiveness | 336 | ||
| Chronic Inflammatory Diseases | 337 | ||
| SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR STUDIES IN IMMUNOLOGY OF AGING | 337 | ||
| SUMMARY | 337 | ||
| REFERENCES | 338 | ||
| Nutritional Management of the Older Horse | 343 | ||
| Key points | 343 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 343 | ||
| AGE-RELATED CHANGES THAT IMPACT ON FEEDING AND DIGESTIVE FUNCTION | 344 | ||
| Body Composition and Aging | 344 | ||
| Food Intake | 345 | ||
| The Gastrointestinal Microbiome and Nutrient Digestibility | 346 | ||
| Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction | 346 | ||
| DEFINING THE ELDERLY HORSE | 347 | ||
| MONITORING THE ELDERLY HORSE | 347 | ||
| NUTRITIONAL MANAGEMENT OF OLDER HORSES | 348 | ||
| The Normal Elderly Horse that Is Losing Condition | 348 | ||
| The Normal Obese Elderly Horse | 348 | ||
| Weight loss at pasture | 348 | ||
| Weight loss for the stabled horse | 349 | ||
| THE GERIATRIC HORSE | 350 | ||
| THE HORSE WITH PITUITARY PARS INTERMEDIA DYSFUNCTION | 351 | ||
| SUMMARY | 351 | ||
| REFERENCES | 351 | ||
| Welfare, Quality of Life, and Euthanasia of Aged Horses | 355 | ||
| Key points | 355 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 355 | ||
| THE ROLE OF AGED HORSES AND THE HUMAN–HORSE BOND | 356 | ||
| OWNER RESPONSIBILITIES AND AWARENESS OF EQUINE WELFARE | 357 | ||
| QUALITY OF LIFE | 357 | ||
| Assessing Quality of Life | 358 | ||
| The Role of the Owner in Quality of Life Assessment | 359 | ||
| Factors Affecting Quality of Life in Geriatric Horses | 360 | ||
| CAUSES OF MORTALITY AND EUTHANASIA IN GERIATRIC HORSES | 360 | ||
| EXPERIENCES OF MORTALITY AND EUTHANASIA IN GERIATRIC HORSES | 362 | ||
| SUMMARY | 363 | ||
| REFERENCES | 363 | ||
| Index | 369 |