A Virus Might Help Horse Wounds Heal
Christa Lesté-Lasserre, MA
January 24, 2017
Specific proteins from the ‘orf’ virus could help improve wound healing, scientists found, but more research is needed.
Specific proteins from the ‘orf’ virus could help improve wound healing, scientists found, but more research is needed.
Successful treatment depends on an accurate diagnosis and good knowledge of the therapeutic options available.
Vets can glean crucial information by evaluating horses with performance issues in hand, on the longe, and under saddle.
Veterinarians discuss how they diagnose and treat injuries to the collateral ligament, DDFT, navicular bursa, and more.
Articles on behavior and equitation science, wound care, laminitis, beet pulp, hoof care, and more were popular in 2016.
Jasmin Bagge, DVM, is studying the use of stem cells to facilitate tissue repair following injury in horses.
Veterinarians have begun research, using the scanner in a clinical trial on client-owned horses.
Dr. Kyla Ortved will review the varying types of regenerative medicine and their applications in the equine athlete.
Researchers are making steady progress toward understanding catastrophic fractures and, ultimately, how to prevent them.
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A look at noninvasive high-tech therapies–from lasers to ceramic-thread blankets–and how they might help horses heal.
Researchers will work to develop culture techniques so donor stem cells can be used safely and effectively in horses.
Drs. Tim Parkin and Sarah Plevin describe studies focused on predicting injury before it occurs.
The British survey results also suggest that lamenesses are more likely to originate in the limb than in the foot.
Researchers found that standing MRI is effective for viewing the difficult-to-image ligaments in the horse’s lower legs.
Drs. Liz Arbittier and Jessica Morgan will provide tips to help owners improve their lameness identification skills.
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