Includes bibliographical references and index.

Procedures in the adult gorse -- Procedures in the neonatal foal -- Hospital design and organisation -- Anaesthesia -- Nutritional management of the hospital horse -- Common treatments -- Common problems encountered in the hospitalised horse -- Monitoring and treating the coagulation system -- Monitoring and treating the cardiovascular system -- Monitoring and trating the respiratory system -- Monitoring and treating the gastrointestinal system -- Monitoring and treating the liver -- Monitoring and treating the urogenital system -- Monitoring and treating common musculoskeletal problems in hospitalised horses -- Management of horses with problems of the integument -- Monitoring and treatment of eyes -- Physiotherapy: indications and treatment techniques.