Nerve Blocks: Work From the Bottom Up?
Western College of Veterinary Medicine
April 26, 2016
Researchers hope study results will help them establish guidelines for administering nerve blocks in horses’ hind limbs.
Researchers hope study results will help them establish guidelines for administering nerve blocks in horses’ hind limbs.
Temple Grandin, PhD, is an internationally recognized leader in humane animal handling techniques.
Standardbreds training over shorter distances lost fewer training days to injury, but still raced successfully.
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Equine behaviorist Dr. Andrew McLean will visit with and lecture to students and others on April 28.
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