Researchers reported thermography showed lower temperatures in the heels and toes of horses wearing egg bar shoes or wedge pads; the findings remain inconclusive.
Seven measurement tools and methods veterinarians can implement into equine rehabilitation programs to track progress.
Find out how equine researchers are using the latest gadgets and gizmos to diagnose lameness, collect data, and more.
Find out how an owner’s careful management after an injury occurred likely prevented a fatal outcome for a Quarter Horse gelding.
Thermography is a noninvasive, safe, and cost-effective diagnostic imaging tool used in equine health care.
Find out how veterinarians and farriers rely on imaging to evaluate the horse’s hoof.
Moving air can have a significant effect on thermographic readings of horses’ front legs, researchers say.
More than 50% of horses in a thermography study showed hot spots under saddles after 15 minutes of exercise.
The presentation, “Latest Technologies in Diagnosing Equine Lameness,” was led by Kent Allen, DVM.
Each imaging option, such as MRI, radiography and more, serves a unique role in equine lameness diagnosis.
Animal welfare advocates, breed association representatives, and veterinarians gathered at the first Sound Horse Conference, held April 11 and 12 at The Ohio State University, to brainstorm ways to eradicate the practice of soring. Generally use
Thermography is a means of examining the horse through a pictorial representation of skin temperature. The technique detects thermal emissions of normal, hotter, and cooler areas, and a thermogram displays slight temperature variations as visual imag
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
A recent study performed by Ron Riegel, DVM, on 30 racing Standardbreds confirms that the popular nutraceutical supplement MSM (methylsulfonylmethane) can have far-reaching effects on the ability of equine muscle tissue to rebound from exercise
Lameness diagnosis can be very frustrating when the source of pain is located in the upper leg and is not associated with a synovial structure, or the lameness is too subtle to utilize diagnostic analgesic injections, or the patient is not
Scintigraphy
Scintigraphy is a technique in which an injected form of radioisotope can be imaged by a gamma camera, which takes “pictures” of the radiation given off by the isotope. As the isotope travels and is absorbe
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