The equine practitioner will find this comprehensive issue packed with useful, practical information on nutrition and dietary management. Topics include clinical assessment of nutritional status and feeding programs, role of diet and feeding in stereotypical behaviors, fats and fatty acids in equine diets, the glycemic index in equine nutrition, diet and gastric ulcer disease, role of nutrition in colic, nutrition of critically ill horses, feeding sick neonatal foals, feeding management of elite endurance horses, nutrition of the aged horse, and much more!

The first book dedicated to this common, serious, and complex equine disease, Equine Laminitis is the gold-standard reference to the latest information on every aspect of the disease and its treatment.

• Provides the first book devoted specifically to equine laminitis
• Discusses the current state of knowledge on all aspects of the disease, including its history, relevant anatomical considerations, pathophysiology, the diagnostic workup, and clinical treatment
• Presents 50 chapters written by leading international experts, under the editorship of the...