The complete Performance Horse

Improve the performance of your horse by following these sound principles of care and management. Ensure that your horse can perform his best in a competition. This book brings together the four most important aspects of the veterinary care of the competition horse: feeding, training, preventive medicine and treatment. The author's gift for explaining complex scientific principles in a way that can be understood easily means that this book will be the competitor's first point of reference. Contents: Introduction - Feeding - The digestive system - Energy - Protein - Minerals and vitamins - Feeding for performance - When things go wrong - Fitness - What is fitness? The problem of fatigue - Measuring fitness - Training - First aid and fitness - Preventive Medicine - Infectious and contagious disease - Immunity and disease - Equine parasites - Lameness - Diagnosis - Treatment - Foot lameness - Tendon and ligament injurues - Joint problems - Fractures and bone problems - Muscle problems - Back problems - Acknowledgements - Index