Indistinct Gait Deficits: Musculoskeletal and Neurologic Causes
Nancy S. Loving, DVM
March 1, 2010
Strategies to identify specific problems in a horse with indistinct or unusual gait deficits, particularly if
Strategies to identify specific problems in a horse with indistinct or unusual gait deficits, particularly if
Acepromazine, often called simply Ace, is commonly used to tranquilize horses for veterinary procedures. However, its use in male horses can cause penile prolapse, or an inability to retract the penis back into the sheath. This effect is desire
A recent study of coffin bone (distal phalanx) fractures in foals found they were far from rare. In fact, all 20 of the Warmblood foals in the study (all foals on a particular farm in one season) had fractures at some point in their first year of life.
Electrotherapy technology, available since the 1960s, is useful to manage pain, improve range of motion, decrease edema (fluid swelling), improve motor control and strength, reverse muscle wasting, deliver blood flow, and serve as a vehicle for ionto
When it comes to issues affecting California racing, nothing supersedes track surfaces. While panelists at the Thoroughbred Owners of California (TOC) summit meeting Feb. 13 at Santa Anita first spoke about the failing economic model of the sta
The horse’s body is both exceedingly powerful and capable of bending, turning around tight corners, and stopping on a dime, all thanks to his intricate combination of muscles, tendons, and ligaments.
A research team concluded that repair tissue occupying full-thickness articular lesions is functionally very different from normal articular cartilage.
Tendon and ligament injury in horses causes both economic and personal hardship for horse owners and industry professionals. A prolonged period of layup and rehabilitation is necessary, but whether the horse will be sound at the end of the rehabilitation period is uncertain.
Whether a horse is on the operating table for colic or a broken bone, pain management after surgery is critical.
“What happens from the time a fracture is recognized to the time the horse arrives at the referral center is often as critical, or more critical, than what happens during the surgical procedure for fracture repair.”
Short-circuiting an injured or ill horse’s pain response can not only help him be happier now, it can improve his long-term outcome.
Bone chips in a horse’s movable joints can compromise the animal’s ability to perform, and, in some cases, they can even end the animal’s career. However, not all bone chips are created equal.
Nearly 125 people turned out on a steamy summer day, June 27, for the University of Kentucky’s first all-equine field day.
Zayat Stables’ Pioneerof the Nile, winner of four consecutive graded stakes and second in the Kentucky Derby, has been retired due to a soft tissue injury to his left front leg.
One of the top colts of his generation, the homebred son
When it comes to pain management in horses, the words “osteoarthritis” and “phenylbutazone” seem to work in tandem. But not all veterinarians are sold on the routine use of this drug in horses. Phenylbutazone is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory
Thoroughbred Le Havre, winner of the June 7 Prix du Jockey-Club (Fr-I, the French Derby) for owner Gerard Augustin-Normand, has been retired from racing because of a tendon injury suffered during the classic race, according to the Racing
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