The purpose of this book is to provide quick and easy reference to conditions that require emergency treatment and to advise what you can do until the veterinarian arrives. It offers guidelines to be followed in determining what a horse's problem could be, and it suggests information that should be given to the veterinarian as soon as you call. The book is organized by chapters on specific types of problems, or on specifical anotomical areas and organ systems. At the beginning of each chapter is a quick reference list of symptoms and topics that allows you to turn immediately to those sections of the chapter that might pertain to your horse's problems.