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New Treatment Tactics for SDFT Injuries in Horses
by Christa Lesté-Lasserre, MA | Dec 25, 2022
At the 2022 BEVA Congress, one presenter discussed the challenges associated with SDFT injuries, plus potential solutions.
Read MoreWhat Is Normal in Today’s Sport Horse?
by Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc | Nov 9, 2022
A veterinarian describes three real-life examples of horses with physical abnormalities competing successfully.
Read MoreManaging SDFT Injuries in Sport Horses
by Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc | Oct 2, 2022
A veterinarian explains the risk factors and recovery process for superficial digital flexor tendon injuries.
Read MoreThe Journey Back: 3 Horses Go From Rehab to Recovery
by Corie Traylor | Aug 22, 2021
Read about three real-life examples of equine athletes that made full recoveries from their injuries, including their diagnostic challenges, rehab modalities, and recovery details.
Read MoreWhy Does My Horse Have a Fat Leg?
by Nancy S. Loving, DVM | Nov 11, 2020
Learn about five reasons for limb swelling in horses, from benign triggers to causes for major concern.
Read MoreSurvey Says OTTB Owners Satisfied With Their Mounts
by Erica Larson | May 30, 2019
Researchers recently found that, despite what can be an arduous first year of transition, healthwise, owners are overwhelmingly very satisfied with their horses and most said they’d buy an OTTB again.
Read MoreIs Synovial Fluid Toxic to Horse Tendons?
by Christa Lesté-Lasserre, MA | Dec 26, 2018
Researchers confirmed that synovial fluid is toxic to inner tendon cells, which could help explain why injuries within tendon sheaths and bursae have a poor prognosis for healing, they said.
Read MoreSuspensory Ligament Branch Tears in Racehorses: Surgery and Outcome
by Alexandra Beckstett, The Horse Managing Editor | Dec 5, 2018
Researchers found that treating suspensory ligament branch tears surgically generally yielded a good prognosis and proved superior to noninvasive management. However, they cautioned, surgical intervention is lesion-specific and not applicable to all suspensory branch injuries.
Read MoreTendon Problems in Old Horses: What Goes Wrong?
by Christa Lesté-Lasserre, MA | Aug 19, 2018
Researchers have determined that the matrix—a stretchy, sticky, weblike structure within the tendon—loses its resistance over time. This could play a role in tendon problems in old horses.
Read MoreStanding Fibrotic Myopathy Surgery for Horses Showing Promise
by Christa Lesté-Lasserre, MA | Jul 10, 2018
Researchers found that standing surgery results were at least as good as those of surgeries performed under general anesthesia. The new procedure also allows better surgical access to the target tissues, they said.
Read MoreBiomarkers: The Future of Equine Pain Diagnosis and Prevention?
by Christa Lesté-Lasserre, MA | May 20, 2018
Once the biomarkers identified in this study are confirmed through more tests and larger samples, scientists might be able to develop treatments to prevent chronic pain, researchers said.
Read MoreDoes Shock Wave Therapy Enhance PRP’s Effects in Horses?
by Erica Larson | Mar 23, 2018
Applying shock wave therapy immediately following PRP injection into injured soft-tissue structures might help increase the concentrations of growth factors released from the platelets, researchers found.
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