General principles -- Anesthetic agents and ancillary drugs -- Sedatives and tranquilizers -- Alpha-2 antagonists -- Analgesic agents -- Opiate/opioid antagonists -- Anticholinergic agents -- Muscle relaxants and antagonists -- Injectable anesthetic agents -- Inhalation anesthetic agents -- Anesthetic systems and equipment -- Clinical techniques for equine anesthesia -- Equine elective cases -- Mechanical ventilation and oxygen administration -- Special equine cases -- Clinical techniques for food animal anesthesia. Bovine anesthesia -- Small ruminant anesthesia -- Swine anesthesia -- Anesthetic emergencies -- Supportive therapy and emergency medication -- Problem oriented general anesthesia -- Postanesthetic complications -- Local and regional anesthesia -- Local anesthetic agents -- Regional anesthesia -- Epidural anesthesia -- Nerve blocks of the fore and rear limbs of the horse -- Arthrocentesis and intra-articular anesthesia in the horse -- Euthanasia -- Sources of drugs and equipment.