Researchers Determine Fine Line Between Asymmetry and Lameness
Christa Lesté-Lasserre, MA
March 7, 2023
Horses might show a slight asymmetry in their gait without being truly lame.
Prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of leg lameness
Horses might show a slight asymmetry in their gait without being truly lame.
Equine meniscal injuries can cause severe pain and lameness, but if diagnosed and treated properly many horses can return to work.
While prohibited in competition horses, this anabolic steroid might help vets manage joint disease such as osteochondrosis lesions in young horses.
Here’s a look at some common pelvis problems in horses, how veterinarians diagnose them, and what treatment options are available.
Managing the magnitude and frequency of limb loading is key to keeping horses—particularly racehorses—injury-free.
A field study of the drug showed it significantly improved lameness in horses and induced no clinically relevant adverse effects.
Comparing ligament striations in opposite limbs via ultrasound to determine if changes are normal versus tears could lead to misdiagnosis.
The Type 2 diabetes drug might help horses with chronic hyperinsulinemia and laminitis that haven’t responded to management changes.
This stallside system might benefit horses with acute and chronic inflammatory synovitis.
Understanding how and why injuries in sport horses happen might be the best way to prevent them.
These mesenchymal stem cells might be a highly effective treatment option in horses with osteoarthritis.
This biologic could have a protective role as a disease-modifying product for horses with osteoarthritis.
The overall incidence of laminitis due to IA corticosteroid injection might be lower than many believe.
Conventional and easy-to-use joint therapies such as corticosteroids and hyaluronic acid continue to have their place in equine practice.
A veterinarian describes the many ways to treat this complex yet common cause of lameness and poor performance.
Veterinarians might consider addressing axial skeleton adaptations when rehabbing horses with limb injuries.
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