Cardiology of The Horse

Rating:
Summary: Good book - wonderful illustrations
Review: The echocardiography images in this book are of such good quality that they alone justify buying the book. Generally the text is concise and informative, giving up to the minute information in many areas of equine cardiology.

2 minor criticisms: Firstly, the information currently known about heart rate variability in the horse (and other species) is so slight that it probably did not justify its own chapter. Secondly, little to no information is given regarding support of the cardiovascular system during intensive care of horses - this is an emerging field of more relevance to day to day treatment of horses than heart rate variability.

Overall this is the best source of information on equine cardiology available. Although all of the standard textbooks on Equine Medicine (Reed and Bayly, Smith) have cardiology chapters, the extra information in this book and the fabulous illustrations justify its purchase.