Young Horse Growth Plates and Wobbler Syndrome
Erica Larson
September 11, 2024
In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers explored the connection between a physeal structure in the neck and wobbler syndrome in horses.
In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers explored the connection between a physeal structure in the neck and wobbler syndrome in horses.
Gait-altering conditions such as EPM, wobbler syndrome, and Lyme disease can be tricky to spot and even more difficult to diagnose.
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Implementing these rehabilitation strategies might help improve your horse’s prognosis after a neurologic diagnosis.
These difficult-to-diagnose conditions can undermine a horse’s balance and coordination.
The decision about riding horses recovering from EPM and other diseases, one vet says, involves balancing rider safety, liability concerns, and animal welfare.
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From imaging to diagnostic tests, vets have many ways to help horses with EPM, wobbler syndrome, and spinal cord injuries.
The most common horse vertebral issues seen over a decade at one diagnostic lab were wobbler syndrome, fracture/subluxation, and abnormal spinal curvature.
Learn from Dr. Jennifer Janes, part of the University of Kentucky’s CSI team for horse diseases, conditions, and poisonings.
Two leading genetics researchers described current and upcoming tests for a variety of heritable equine conditions.
Diagnostic evaluation begins with a neurologic exam to localize the lesion and continues with more focused testing.
Quantitative information provides better data for determining treatment and prognosis, researchers said.
A custom-designed equine CT table and a commercial Big Bore scanner make it possible to image neck lesions in horses.
Learn about less common but more difficult to diagnose upper body lamenesses in horses.
Researchers examined bone and cartilage lesions on MRI and micro-CT to better understand their distribution and type.
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