2016 Western Veterinary Conference: Monday’s Top Tweets
The Horse Staff
March 8, 2016
View some of our news editor’s tweets and take-homes from Day 1 of the 2016 Western Veterinary Conference in Las Vegas.
Prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of leg lameness
View some of our news editor’s tweets and take-homes from Day 1 of the 2016 Western Veterinary Conference in Las Vegas.
Whether you’ve had horses all your life or are new to the industry, you’re bound to deal with lameness at some point.
Medication and diagnostic analgesia are only effective if veterinarians put them in the right place, so accuracy is key.
Horses treated with regenerative therapy healed eight-and-a-half months faster than those undergoing surgery alone.
Hoof casts immobilize joints, maintain the hoof-pastern axis, reduce the need for frequent bandage changes, and more.
Thrush is a common, smelly hoof diseases can affect any horse. Download this free fact sheet to learn about the clinical signs, treatment options, prognosis, and methods of prevention.
Good-quality ultrasonography is reasonably reliable for detecting PSD, but it underestimates the presence of adhesions.
What therapies might help relieve the rest of a horse’s body when treating a specific injury or recovering from surgery?
Tweets and take-homes from sessions on mature performance horse health, field surgery, heaves, lameness, and more.
What’s the difference between osteoarthritis and other types of arthritis?
Your vet might choose to inject your horse if his joints require direct treatment due to disease, inflammation, or pain.
Improved diagnostics and more promising treatments are putting many foot-sore horses back to work.
Do you have any suggestions for speeding the time it takes for proximal splints (in the forelimbs) to resolve?
Sue Dyson, MA, Vet MB, PhD, DEO, FRCVS, and Grant Moon, CJF, AWCF, will present on hoof-related topics.
Some horses can develop lameness associated with injury of ossified ungular cartilages or the adjacent coffin bone.
Dr. Sue Dyson shares her tips for ensuring your horse’s saddle fits well and doesn’t interfere with his performance.
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