This book represents the first attempt in modern times to provide the horse owner with a comprehensive guide to how the body systems of the horse work in health combined with an exhaustive guide to their ailments. It is written in language which can be understood by the layman and with the scientific accuracy necessary for students. Enabling the reader to find out fast the symptoms and causes of problems, action to be taken, and the likely prognosis. The use of colour for the first time in an equine veterinary book of this scope leads to a saving on text and an expansion of understanding.