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.
Standardbreds training over shorter distances lost fewer training days to injury, but still raced successfully.
Dr. Kyla Ortved specializes in orthopedic surgery, including arthroscopy, tenoscopy, and fracture repair.
The presentation on the Equimagine system will take place May 6 at the Penn Vet New Bolton Center.
Nuclear scintigraphy is especially useful for honing in on the locations of active bone conditions in horses.
Racing performance was unaltered regardless of which technique was used to correct soft palate displacement.
Research topics include musculoskeletal and respiratory issues, parasites on stud farms, early pregnancy loss, and more.
The fatality rate at Aqueduct Racetrack, Belmont Park, and Saratoga Race Course in 2015 was 1.1 per 1,000 starts.
Seminar topics include imaging the equine neck, reproduction, and soft-tissue injuries in performance horses.
The collaborative and research-based initiative is designed to advance the health and well-being of equine athletes.
There was a strong correlation between vet and inertial sensor system when evaluating lameness change post-nerve-block.
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Research topics include EHV-1 latency, foal pneumonia, training and surface factors in preventing injury, and more.
A young horse’s swayback is getting worse as he ages. A veterinarian shares insight on why this might be.
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The new scanner is wider than the standard size, which should allow most of a horse’s neck to be examined.
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