Tiludronate, Shock Wave to Treat Bucked Shins
Erica Larson
January 4, 2013
One vet found success in treating the condition using tiludronate, ESWT, and a modified exercise program.
One vet found success in treating the condition using tiludronate, ESWT, and a modified exercise program.
Researchers at Purdue have designed wearable acoustic emission sensors, which could be used to monitor the formation of these microcracks in bones that can lead to hairline stress fractures unless detected in time. The technology might help prevent
Shin soreness, or bucked shins, in Thoroughbred racehorses is a partly preventable condition according to a recent Australian study. Horses with shin soreness display signs of pain on the front of the shins between the knee and fetlock, said
Innovation in equine medicine is the hallmark of the AAEP Convention’s State of the Art Lecture, and this year will be no different. David M. Nunamaker, VMD, Chairman and Jacques Jenny Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery of the New Bolton Center’s
Dr. E.E. Watson was a veterinarian of some repute for many years in the Midwest during the middle decades of the 20th Century. He not only treated racehorses, but he bred them, owned them, and trained them. One year in the late 1950s, he had a
Strong bones are essential if a horse is to perform successfully and still remain sound.
The 17th annual meeting of the Association for Equine Sports Medicine was held in Leesburg, Va., from March 5-8. The meeting was attended by 400 veterinarians, sports physiology researchers, as well as others interested in equin
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