Case Study: Proximal Suspensory Desmopathy
Elizabeth Acutt, DVM
September 16, 2022
A young Quarter Horse reiner undergoes treatment for a left-hind proximal suspensory ligament injury.
A young Quarter Horse reiner undergoes treatment for a left-hind proximal suspensory ligament injury.
Identifying lameness early is key to preventing long-term damage.
A veterinarian evaluates a horse’s soundness using flexion tests.
Navicular syndrome, more accurately referred to as podotrochlosis, is a catchall phrase describing chronic forelimb lameness caused by pain stemming from the navicular bone and related structures. Sponsored by Dechra.
From imaging to diagnostic tests, vets have many ways to help horses with EPM, wobbler syndrome, and spinal cord injuries.
Pinpointing an injury’s location is important for not only an accurate diagnosis but also a proper treatment and successful outcome.
The readily available modality can reveal more information so veterinarians can make a definitive diagnosis.
Milne lecturer urges veterinarians to understand the “why” of lameness before making a diagnosis.
Racetrack veterinarians can trust PET when looking for fetlock pathologies that can potentially lead to serious injuries if left undiagnosed.
Belgian researchers use both modalities to investigate the causes of foot pain in 30 horses referred to the equine hospital for forelimb lameness.
What can an owner do to control a horse’s foot pain? We turned to two equine veterinarians that spend a lot of time managing horses’ feet to find out.
The Horse and Dechra have partnered to educate horse owners about hoof-related lamenesses Feb. 13-19, 2022.
Researchers found the choice of steroid used for sacroiliac joint injections predicted outcomes better than whether the horse underwent a preprocedure ultrasound.
In this visual guide, learn about the vital hoof structures of the navicular apparatus and what can go wrong with them.
Researchers found sound horses’ movement didn’t change when traveling on straight, flat surfaces after undergoing foot nerve blocks.
To better understand the piaffe and its effects on a horse’s biomechanics, researchers investigate the ground reaction forces of elite dressage horses performing the movement over pressure plates.
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