Equine Welfare in Clinical Practice – Virginia Wensley Koch

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Good veterinary care involves more than identifying and treating physical disease. Behaviour, emotional state, management and environment can all provide important information about a horse’s health and quality of life.

Equine Welfare in Clinical Practice brings welfare science into everyday equine veterinary work, providing a practical framework for assessing the horse as a whole rather than focusing solely on the presenting physical problem.

Contributions from specialists across veterinary medicine, behaviour and welfare explore how behavioural observations can support clinical assessment, how welfare concerns can be recognised and evaluated, and how management and human–horse interactions may influence an individual horse’s wellbeing.

The book considers welfare assessment in a range of clinical contexts and encourages veterinarians to include behavioural and environmental information alongside traditional physical examination and diagnostic findings.

It also addresses communication with owners and the practical challenges involved when veterinary recommendations, management practices and the horse’s welfare needs do not fully align.

Designed primarily for equine veterinarians and veterinary students, this is also a valuable reference for other equine professionals interested in applying evidence-based welfare assessment to real horses in real-world situations.

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ISBN: 9780323995085
Editor: Virginia Wensley Koch, DVM, DACAW, PhD
Publisher: Academic Press
Publisher group: Elsevier
Language: English
Binding: Paperback
Published: 30 August 2024
Pages: 290
Dimensions: 276 × 216 mm

Good veterinary care involves more than identifying and treating physical disease. Behaviour, emotional state, management and environment can all provide important information about a horse’s health and quality of life.

Equine Welfare in Clinical Practice brings welfare science into everyday equine veterinary work, providing a practical framework for assessing the horse as a whole rather than focusing solely on the presenting physical problem.

Contributions from specialists across veterinary medicine, behaviour and welfare explore how behavioural observations can support clinical assessment, how welfare concerns can be recognised and evaluated, and how management and human–horse interactions may influence an individual horse’s wellbeing.

The book considers welfare assessment in a range of clinical contexts and encourages veterinarians to include behavioural and environmental information alongside traditional physical examination and diagnostic findings.

It also addresses communication with owners and the practical challenges involved when veterinary recommendations, management practices and the horse’s welfare needs do not fully align.

Designed primarily for equine veterinarians and veterinary students, this is also a valuable reference for other equine professionals interested in applying evidence-based welfare assessment to real horses in real-world situations.

Parametry

ISBN: 9780323995085
Editor: Virginia Wensley Koch, DVM, DACAW, PhD
Publisher: Academic Press
Publisher group: Elsevier
Language: English
Binding: Paperback
Published: 30 August 2024
Pages: 290
Dimensions: 276 × 216 mm