Regenerative Medicine Hastens Healing of Stifle Injuries
Erica Larson
February 3, 2016
Horses treated with regenerative therapy healed eight-and-a-half months faster than those undergoing surgery alone.
Horses treated with regenerative therapy healed eight-and-a-half months faster than those undergoing surgery alone.
Recaps of studies on colic outcomes, treatments for joint problems, respiratory surgery, and more.
Hoof casts immobilize joints, maintain the hoof-pastern axis, reduce the need for frequent bandage changes, and more.
Using one stall-side SAA test to evaluate synovial fluids can be a useful adjunct to diagnosis, researchers found.
While it’s not yet commercially available, vets recently constructed and tested a CPAP machine for equine neonates.
Good-quality ultrasonography is reasonably reliable for detecting PSD, but it underestimates the presence of adhesions.
While researchers have yet to see full resolution in study horses, all tumors reduced in size or stopped growing.
Coconut, or copra, meal could be useful for horses requiring low-NSC diets, researchers found
Vets can use SAA levels to differentiate between systemic inflammation and noninflammatory diseases in horses.
Use slow-feeders and reduced feeding rates to safely and effectively decrease horses’ body weight, researchers said.
While environmental factors, such as nutrition and training, shape sustainability, genetics influence it, as well.
Scientists studied the kinematics of both horse and rider to better understand exactly what goes on during collection.
Researchers are trying to determine why healthy equine athletes suffer sudden death and if there’s a way to prevent it.
Researchers found “remarkably low levels” of E. coli colonization in Sable Island horses’ guts.
This virus is bad news. It’s deadly for horses, deadly for humans, and can be passed from sick horse to human caregiver.
This marks the first time such a connection has been made in any mammalian species.
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