Soins aux chevaux 100 conseils et astuces du vétérinaire

What better source for a horse care book than the lived experience of a veterinarian over many years of practice? Based on the most frequently encountered problems in equine health, this book offers you a complete range of concrete answers and original tips on horse care. You will find in particular the necessary advice for: effectively and without hesitation providing classic horse infirmary care: taking temperature, estimating weight, administering remedies intravenously or oral, etc. ; learn to handle and contain the horse to be able to intervene quickly in complete safety; recognize the most common conditions without possible error thanks to easy-to-use diagnostic keys: cough, lameness, back pain, skin problems, etc. ; master emergency actions to deal with a delicate situation where the horse's life may be at risk: apply an effective tourniquet, keep a horse lying down, assess the degree of severity of a colic, etc. ; prevent by anticipating, thanks to a perfect knowledge of the basics of horse health: balancing the food ration, regulating weight, avoiding blood stroke, etc. knowing how to intervene wisely in matters of breeding and reproduction: recognizing heat, monitoring gestation, accompanying foaling, etc. Experienced horseman or simple amateur, you will draw from this guide on care methods and practical tips which sooner or later will be useful to you. Fruit of the experience of many years of practicing veterinary medicine, this work, proposed by the horse specialist veterinary doctor Olivier Laude in collaboration with Claude Lux, equestrian journalist and author, presents a wealth of knowledge new and easy-to-implement tips.