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The Complete Performance Horse Colin Vogel

The Complete Performance Horse By Colin Vogel

The Complete Performance Horse by Colin Vogel


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Summary

Brings together the four important aspects of the veterinary care of the competition horse: feeding, training, preventive medicine and treatment.

The Complete Performance Horse Summary

The Complete Performance Horse: Feeding, Fitness, Lameness, Preventive Medicine by Colin Vogel

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.

About Colin Vogel

Colin Vogel is a partner in a veterinary practice that specializes in equines. For many years he has been Horse and Hound's veterinary correspondent and he is also an experienced author. He lives and practises in Fakenham, Norfolk.

Table of 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

Additional information

GOR004087999
9780715323076
0715323075
The Complete Performance Horse: Feeding, Fitness, Lameness, Preventive Medicine by Colin Vogel
Used - Very Good
Paperback
David & Charles
2006-04-28
240
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This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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