Pain is an essential part of everyday life. It is necessary and helpful for the individual and the
species to survive in a potentially hostile environment. 1 In this sense, pain is adaptive. In …

As safe, effective, and economical agents for chemical restraint become more commonly
used by equine practitioners, standing ocular surgery is increasing in frequency. The …

Objective—To assess the efficacy of a retrobulbar bupivacaine nerve block for postoperative
analgesia following eye enucleation in dogs. Design—Randomized controlled trial. Animals …

Objective To describe the clinical experience with standing laryngoplasty in a series of
horses mostly nonracing. Study Design Case series. Animals Seventy‐one client‐owned …

A complete, thorough ocular examination is a basic and essential aspect of equine
ophthalmology. In this chapter, ophthalmic examination of the horse is discussed, with …

Reasons for performing study: Standing fracture repair in the horse is a recently described
surgical procedure and currently there are few follow‐up data. This case series contains 2 …

Objective To develop an ultrasound-guided technique for retrobulbar nerve block in horses,
and to compare the distribution of three different volumes of injected contrast medium …

Ocular diseases are an important category in equine medicine; however, most articles
regarding histologic ocular lesions in horses are exclusive to a specific condition and do not …

Objective: To report the technique and results of cheek teeth repulsion in standing, sedated
horses. Study Design: Case series. Animals: Horses (n= 12), ponies (6). Methods: Medical …

This chapter discusses equine ophthalmic examination, including assessment of ocular
function, inspection of the complex anatomy of the globe and surrounding structures, and …