Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult

"The book is an excellent short consult or review... The tables of contents are listed alphabetically as well as by systems, which makes it easy to rapidly locate basic information on a given subject. I find this text to be valuable for locating relevant information quickly to provide a reminder of important aspects of disease. It should prove useful to veterinary students, but more so to veterinarians with a solid scientific background." - Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association , September 2009 "The editors have done an excellent job of revising this edition. This is a must-have book for the equine practice or the veterinary student." - Veterinary Information Network

Jean-Pierre Lavoie , DVM, DACVIM, is a professor at the University of Montreal, Canada. Kenneth Hinchcliff , BVSc, PhD, DACVIM, is the dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Abdominal Distention in the Adult Horse 2 Abdominal Hernia in Adult Horses 4 Abdominocentesis 6 Abnormal Estrus Intervals 8 Abnormal Scrotal Enlargement 10 Abnormal Testicular Size 12 Abortion, Spontaneous, Infectious 14 Abortion, Spontaneous, Noninfectious 18 Acer rubrum (Red Maple) Toxicosis 22 Acidosis, Metabolic 24 Acidosis, Respiratory 26 Actinobacillosis 28 Acute Adult Abdominal Pain-Acute Colic 30 Acute Epiglottiditis 32 Acute Hepatitis in Adult Horses (Theiler's Disease) 33 Acute Renal Failure (ARF) 34 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Foals 36 Adenovirus 38 Adrenal Insufficiency 39 Aflatoxicosis 40 African Horse Sickness 41 Agalactia/Hypogalactia 42 Aggression 44 Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) 46 Alkalosis, Metabolic 48 Alkalosis, Respiratory 50 Alopecia 52 Amitraz Toxicosis 55 Ammonia, Hyperammonemia 56 Amylase, Lipase, and Trypsin 58 Anaerobic Bacterial Infections 60 Anaphylaxis 63 Anemia 64 Anemia, Pure Red Cell Aplasia 66 Anemia, Heinz Body 68 Anemia, Immune-Mediated 70 Anemia, Iron Deficiency 72 Anestrus 74 Angular Limb Deformity 76 Anhidrosis 78 Anorexia and Decreased Food Intake 80 Anthrax 82 Anticoagulant Rodenticide Toxicosis 83 Anuria/Oliguria 84 Aortic Regurgitation 86 Aortic Root Rupture 88 Arsenic Toxicosis 91 Artificial Insemination 92 Arytenoid Chrondopathy 95 Ascarid Infestation 96 Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST) 98 Aspiration Pneumonia 100 Atheroma of the False Nostril 101 Atopic Dermatitis 102 Atrial Fibrillation 104 Atrial Septal Defect 108 Aural Plaques 110 Azotemia and Uremia 112 Babesiosis 114 Back Pain 116 Bacteremia/Septicemia 118 Bacterial Dermatitis-Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococci 120 Bacterial Dermatitis-Superficial 122 Bacterial Meningitis, Neonate 124 Basisphenoid/Basioccipital Bone Fracture 125 Bile Acids 126 Bilirubin (Hyperbilirubinemia) 128 Blindness Associated with Trauma 130 Blood Culture 132 Blood Transfusion Reactions 134 Blue-Green Algae 135 Bordetella bronchiseptica 136 Borna Disease 137 Botulism 138 Botulism, Neonate 141 Bradyarrhythmias 142 Broad Ligament Hematoma 144 Brucellosis 145 Bruxism 146 Burdock Pappus Bristle Keratopathy 148 Calcific Band Keratopathy 149 Calcium, Hypercalcemia 150 Calcium, Hypocalcemia 152 Cantharidin Toxicosis 154 Cardiotoxic Plants 156 Castration, Henderson Castration Instrument 158 Castration, Routine 159 Centaurea spp. Toxicosis 160 Cerebellar Abiotrophy 161 Cervical Lesions 162 Cervical Vertebral Malformation 164 Cestrum diurnum (Day-Blooming Jessamine) Toxicosis 165 Chloride, Hyperchloremia 166 Chloride, Hypochloremia 168 Cholelithiasis 170 Chorioretinitis 171 Chronic Progressive Lymphedema 172 Chronic Renal Failure (CRF) 174 Chronic Weight Loss 176 Cleft Palate 177 Clitoral Enlargement 178 Clostridial Myositis 180 Clostridium difficile Enterocolitis 182 Coagulation Defects, Acquired 184 Coagulation Defects, Inherited 186 Coccidiomycosis 188 Coccidiosis 189 Colic-Chronic/Recurrent 190 Colic in Foals 192 Conception Failure 195 Congenital Cardiac Abnormalities 198 Conium maculatum (Poison Hemlock) Toxicosis 200 Conjunctival Diseases 202 Contagious Equine Metritis (CEM) 204 Corneal/Scleral Lacerations 206 Corneal Stromal Abscesses 207 Corneal Ulceration 208 Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis 210 Cough 212 Creatine Kinase (CK) 214 Cryptorchidism 216 Cyanide Toxicosis 218 Cytology of Bronchoalveolar Lavage (BAL) Fluid 219 Cytology of Tracheal Aspiration (TA) Fluid 220 Dacryocystitis 222 Degenerative Myeloencephalophathy 224 Delayed Uterine Involution 226 Dermatomycoses, Subcutaneous 228 Dermatomycoses, Superficial 230 Dermatophilosis 232 Diaphragmatic Hernia 233 Diarrhea, Neonatal 234 Dicumarol (Moldy Sweet Clover) Toxicosis 236 Diseases of the Equine Nictitans 238 Disorders of Sexual Development 240 Disorders of the Thyroid: Hypo- and Hyperthyroidism 242 Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation 244 Distal and Proximal Interphalangeal Joint Disease 246 Distal Tarsitis 248 Dorsal Displacement of the Soft Palate 250 Dorsal Metacarpal B