An equine sports medicine specialist shares how footing can impact soundness and offers footing selection advice.
The owner of a navicular mule asks about possible cures, and Dr. Duncan Peters offers management options.
Drs. Torri Maxwell and Duncan Peters offer insight into the role pharmaceuticals can play in managing navicular pain.
Dr. Duncan Peters talks about lameness and behaviors that could indicate a horse is experiencing navicular issues.
World Equestrian Games volunteer veterinarian Dr. Duncan Peters discusses the characteristics vaulting horses need to have, and the equine health problems that can occur in this discipline.
Dr. Duncan Peters of the Hagyard Equine Medical Institute discusses regenerative therapies (such as stem cell therapy and platelet-rich plasma) for healing injuries common to sport horses.
What would be the best avenue to take to prevent too much scar tissue from forming and limiting muscle use?
A diverse group of practitioners discussed a variety of subjects related to treating and managing jumpers during the Sport Horse Practice (Jumpers) Table Topic, which was held at the 2008 American Association of Equine Practitioners convention, held Dec. 6-10 in San Diego, Calif. Approximately 125 participants attended this program.
An important aspect of the discussion was about
Horses that had intermittent lameness; pointing a foot; soreness to hoof testers over the frog; shifting leg lameness; contracted, upright feet; and stabbing toes, shortened stride movement were candidates for Navicular Disease.
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