Radiographic Fetlock Abnormalities in Barrel Racing Horses
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Think high-performance barrel racers need a clean set of X rays to bring home blue? Think again. A team of South American researchers recently completed a study that showed nearly 50% of barrel racing horses could be performing with radiographic changes in their fetlock joints.
“Barrel racing is one of the most popular uses of the American Quarter Horse in North and South America,” explained Bruno Carvalho Menarim, DVM, MS, a veterinarian in the Department of Clinical Sciences at the Universidad Austral de Chile, in Valdivia.
“Although injury to the metacarpophalangeal (fetlock) joint frequently occurs in this sport, there is little information describing the nature of these injuries,” Menarim said. “The aim of this study was to determine the most common radiographic abnormalities in barrel racing horses with lameness referable to the metacarpophalangeal joint
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