Navicular Drug Receives FDA Approval
Edited Press Release
December 23, 2014
Tildren is approved to control clinical signs associated with navicular syndrome in horses.
Tildren is approved to control clinical signs associated with navicular syndrome in horses.
I have a 17-year-old that has a fractured navicular bone that has calcified. I have seen magnetic bell boots available on the market and was wondering if these would help with the pain. Is there any type of treatment or surgery that can repair this?
The navicular is a tiny bone that can cause big problems in horses. It and its associated structures are responsible for up to one-third of all front-limb lamenesses.
Navicular disease, or caudal heel pain, can seem devastating when diagnosed, but treatment options exist and many horses can return to athletic work.
Veterinarians have tools to help them make educated judgments about lamenesses, their causes, and prognoses.
The program includes lectures on feeding senior horses, saddle fitting, moon blindness, bandaging, and more.
The American Quarter Horse Foundation (AQHF) has announced their 2013-14 equine research grant recipients.
A team evaluated a possible association between distal border fragments of the navicular bone and lameness.
Researchers hope to more fully characterize alterations at the microscopic level in diseased navicular bones.
A reader is concerned about her 24-year-old easy keeper’s weight loss and sudden difficulty keeping weight on.
Technological advances such as MRI have given veterinarians a closer look at navicular syndrome.
Navicular bone shape and fragments found near it could help veterinarians better understand navicular disease.
In certain cases of navicular disease, drilling a hole into the navicular bone–a procedure called core decompression that’s commonly used to treat human osteonecrosis (bone death caused by poor blood supply to the area)–might provide a new
Dr. Vernon Dryden of Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital demonstrates navicular syndrome diagnosis in a 16-year-old Quarter Horse.
Dr. Vernon Dryden of Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital discusses what navicular syndrome is, diagnosis, and treatment options.
Because navicular problems might affect soft tissue as well as bone, MRI is a better diagnostic tool than X ray in these cases, said Robert K. Schneider, DVM, MS, professor at Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine, and part
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