Equine Joint Injections
Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc
May 1, 2010
Equine joint injections can help veterinarians diagnose lameness or medicate a horse’s painful joint.
Equine joint injections can help veterinarians diagnose lameness or medicate a horse’s painful joint.
In veterinary medicine, particularly equine practice, the recognition, classification, management, and overall importance of pain and pain management have only recently been described.
Equine lameness, defined as a deviation from a normal gait, is an indicator of a structural or functional disorder of the musculoskeletal system (the limbs or spinal column) that is noted while the horse is either moving or stationary.
Morphine is a useful part of pain management protocols for horses that have undergone arthroscopic surgery.
Horses are athletes, too, and according to research, they need that stretching as much as humans do.
A biceps brachii tenotomy involves the complete removal of the section of the horse’s biceps tendon.
An important rule change affecting the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in competition horses was approved at this year’s U.S. Equestrian Federation (USEF) Annual Meeting, held January 13-17, 2010.
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There is no “one-size-fits-all” non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) therapy for horses; therapy should be tailored to the animal and situation, said Cornell University’s Thomas J. Divers, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM, ACVECC, at the
Options for general anesthesia in horses, analgesics (painkillers), and standing sedation were covered in depth at the 2009 convention of the American Association of Equine Practitioners.
Learn about the normal functions of bones, cartilage, soft tissues, and fluids within the fetlock joint.
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.
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