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Lameness

Prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of leg lameness

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Bone & Joint Problems | Diagnosing Lameness | Limb Anatomy & Physiology |

Thermography: Diagnosis Tool for Horses

Kimberly S. Brown October 4, 2001

The infrared heat that a horse emits from its body can be viewed via a specialized camera and monitor. The heat patterns that can be seen show a trained practitioner how the blood flow is normal, or abnormal, in a particular horse. “he infrared heat that a horse emits from its body can be viewed via a specialized camera and monitor. The heat patterns that can be seen show a trained practitioner how the “e infrared heat that a horse emits from its body can be viewed via a specialized camera and monitor. The heat patte” infrared heat that a horse emits from its body can be view”infr

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Training Young Horses

Gary Lavin, DVM September 18, 2001

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

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Scintigraphy: Get It While It’s Hot

Les Sellnow September 13, 2001

Many times radiographs fail to show even stress fractures. Enter nuclear scintigraphy. This sophisticated technology uses radioactive material that, combined with a bone-seeking agent, is capable of locating stress fractures and other bone damage.

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Joints Part 2: Joint Disease

Les Sellnow September 1, 2001

When equine joint injury occurs, you can turn to sophisticated specialists who have devoted their careers to repairing the damage, just as race car drivers can turn to top mechanics. Unfortunately, the equine specialists do not have the luxury

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Is He Really Lame?

Sushil Dulai Wenholz August 1, 2001

You want your horse to be sound and stay sound. But calling the vet out for a thorough workup every time your horse stumbles or acts stiff can get costly, and waste your veterinarian’s valuable time–especially if those problems turn out to be

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The Latest on Laminitis

Karen Briggs August 1, 2001

Of all the ailments a horse can suffer, laminitis is the one that unfailingly strikes fear into the heart of an owner.

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Equine Performance Center Opens

Stephanie L. Church, Editorial Director July 7, 2001

Health care for the nation’s horse population entered a new era June 7 when the Mary Anne McPhail Equine Performance Center officially opened at Michigan State University.

Occupying more than 18,000 square feet of space, the center

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Form and Function of Joints

Les Sellnow June 1, 2001

There is a definite correlation between joint angle, hoof flight pattern, and weight bearing. One might even wax a bit poetic and declare that as the joint angles, so flies and lands the hoof. That’s where the poetry ends, however, because if

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Graveled Horses

Fred McCashin, VMD, MSc June 1, 2001

The barn manager said my horse was graveled and called the veterinarian. Could you please explain what that means?”he barn manager said my horse was graveled and called the veterinarian. Could “e barn manager said my horse was graveled a” barn manag

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Ain’t Doin’ Right Diagnostics

Andrea Reynes January 1, 2001

Many horses can be off in their performance, yet not show clinical signs of lameness. There might be no answers after the customary diagnostic work-up, leaving veterinarian and owner scratching their heads and looking for the next stop in the

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McPhail Center Opens

Stephanie L. Church, Editorial Director August 1, 2000

On June 7, understanding of the movement of a horse made significant strides with the opening of the Mary Anne McPhail Equine Performance Center at Michigan State University (MSU). This 18,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art facility will allow to

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Coffin Bone Fractures, injury risk in harness racing horses

Coffin Bone Fractures

Christina S. Cable, DVM, Dipl. ACVS March 1, 2000

My horse has been diagnosed with a fractured coffin bone. What could have caused it, and what is the prognosis?

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When Joints Fail: Osteochondrosis

Les Sellnow October 1, 1999

Osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) is an affliction, if left untreated, that can have long-term harmful effects on the young, growing horse as well as the performing or racing horse. OCD actually is a disease subset of osteochondrosis and

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Gait Analysis

Karen Briggs September 1, 1999

Ever since the 1880s, when Edweard Muybridge set up a series of cameras to capture the character of footfalls of a racehorse, we’ve been fascinated by how horses move. No doubt you’ve seen that early sequence of photos, which demonstrated that

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