Ultimate Horse Care: The Complete Veterinary Guide

Ultimate Horse Care

• The definitive study of horse care in all its aspects, written by an international panel of specialists in equine medicine, psychology, physiology, performance and maintenance.
• More than twenty veterinary surgeons and other experts have contributed to Ultimate Horse Care, providing a unique pool of knowledge and experience.
• Ultimate Horse Care...says it all. If you only ever buy one book about horses, this should be it.

Whether in a parade, on the battlefield, behind a plow, or in the saddle, people have been enjoying the beauty, majesty, and strength of the horse for hundreds of years. Now more than ever horse owners are paying attention to how the horse functions and how to improve the quality of life for their equine companion. Ultimate Horse Care focuses on practical horse care for the modern horse. From common ailments to alternative methods of treatment, you will get to know your horse inside and out.

JOHN McEWEN BVet, MED, MRCVS has a varied and wide experience in veterinary matters in respect of the competition horse, having been in equine veterinary practice for the last 30 years.
Veterinary surgeon to the British show jumping team since 1978 and to the British dressage team since 1984, he also has wide experience of three-day eventing, having assisted at four Olympic Games and major national three-day Championships and has experience in the endurance riding world having been on the jury of appeal for the 1993 and 1997 European Championships (senior and junior). He has been a veterinary surgeon for the Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI) since the early 1980s.
Senior Veterinary Surgeon to Bath and Chepstow Racecourses, John is also an advisor to the British Equine Veterinary Association, on matters involving equine transportation and EU regulations.
He is Chairman of the International Treating Veterinary Surgeons Association which was created to improve the welfare of the competition horse and to liaise with the FEI veterinary committee on related matters. He has recently been appointed to the FEI veterinary committee.