Part 1 The horse in sickness and in health: the healthy horse - describing the horse; what is health? - signs of health, maintaining health, comformation; the sick horse; the invaders - symptoms of disease, first aid, first-aid procedure, principles of nursing, treatment of injury, physiotherapy, giving medicine. Part 2 The systems of the horse: systems of support and movement - bones and cartilage, joints, skeleton, muscles, the lower leg and foot, disorders of the skeletal, articular and muscular systems; systems of information and control - the nervous system, aspects of behaviour; sensory systems, endocrine system, disorders of the systems of information and control, ailments of the eye, nervous disorders, nervous habits (stable vices), stress; circulatory system - tasks of system, blood, the heart, circulation, the lymphatic system, disorders of the circulatory system; respiratory system - tasks of the system, air passages and the lungs, breathing, disorders of the respiratory system; the skin - structure, protection, stabilizing body heat, waste disposal, camouflage, formation of vitamin D, disorders of the skin; digestive system - teeth, ageing the horse, accessory organs, digestive tract, digestion, parasites of the digesstive tract, disorders of the digestive system; reproductive, urinary and mammary systems - the male reproductive system, the female reproductive system, oestrous cycle, pregnancy, inheritance, mammary system, urinary system. Part 3 Work in the stable yard. Part 4 Horse care skills. Part 5 Horse care in action. Part 6 Stud management. Appendix: the rationale of feeding horses; interval training to novice one-day-event fitness - a detailed 12-week schedule. (Part contents)
