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Equine Surgery Equine surgery is a specific field of veterinary medicine pertaining to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of surgical diseases of the horse and other equids. The anatomy and physiology of different species and types of animals varies widely. Thus, specialized fields that pertain to a subset of animal species have developed. Furthermore, as veterinary and human medical information has developed extensive complexity, specialization into different fields pertaining to organ systems or medical functions has also developed in veterinary medicine. Examples of specialized fields within veterinary medicine include internal medicine, neurology, surgery, ophthalmology, cardiology and pathology. Because the surgical problems of the horse present with somewhat unique challenges,