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Day: March 6, 2013

CT for Equine Limb Fracture Diagnosis? (AAEP 2012)

At the 2012 American Association of Equine Practitioners convention, held Dec. 1-5 in Anaheim, Calif., Casper Crijns, DVM, presented a study comparing radiographs and CT–which can provide detailed 3-D images of bone and damage within it–for diagnosing equine distal limb fractures.

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Navicular Bone Fragments’ Effect on Lameness (AAEP 2012)

Elizabeth Yorke, DVM, of Yorke Equine Veterinary Services, in Auburn, Ala., and colleagues at Alamo Pintado Equine Medical Center, in Los Olivos, Calif., and Auburn University, recently evaluated the possible association between distal border fragments (bone fragments on the lower border) of the navicular bone and clinical lameness.

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