Category: Soundness

Delay OCD Surgery for Optimal Racehorse Performance

While equine surgeons enjoy sharing the mantra “if in doubt, cut it out,”

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Can Tiludronate be Used in Horse Joints?

Despite being a relatively new drug used in veterinary medicine, some equine practitioners are already prescribing tiludronate for “off-label” use in horses with other conditions

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Horse Hair Analysis to Detect Chronic Selenium Toxicity

Selenium is important for a number of equine bodily functions, but too much of this trace mineral can be seriously bad news for horses

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Rehabilitation Exercises from the Ground

When a horse suffers a musculoskeletal injury, the following events typically include a diagnosis, treatment, and return to soundness

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Study: Boots, Wraps Increase Leg Heat During Exercise

Tendon boots help protect horses’ front legs from injuries such as hoof strikes or collisions with jumps

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Study: Vets Disagree on Equine Neurologic Assessments

Researchers noted, this could lead to an “inaccurate or unreliable assessment of an underlying problem (which) might lead to misdiagnosis or inappropriate further testing and treatments.”

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Developing the Sport Horse: Common Injuries

We’ll highlight three common injuries and different modalities that can help your horse onto the road to recovery (and a few preventive tips). And, we’ll outline different treatments to help manage the injuries discussed in an easy-to-read table.

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Sesamoid Injuries

Two little bones sitting at the back of the fetlock both amaze and confound veterinarians.

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Understanding the Biomechanics of Lameness

Equine locomotion seems like a sophisticated thing. All those delicate bones, joints, tendons, and muscles must move in tandem to propel the horse’s large body forward at varying speeds. Read complete article

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Rehabilitating Horses with Back Problems

Time-tested mobilization exercises and cutting-edge physical therapy techniques.

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Treating Suspensory Injuries with Fetlock Support Shoes

Veterinarians and farriers apply a wide variety of horseshoes to treat the plethora of hoof problems that come our horses’ way, not to mention issues farther up the limb.

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Study: Owners Might Miss Signs of Equine Back Pain

In a recent study, caretakers estimated that less than 12% of horses at various equestrian centers had back pain

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HERDA’s Impact on Tendons, Blood Vessels Studied

Hereditary equine regional dermal asthenia, more commonly known as HERDA, is often thought of as a skin disease that affects mainly Quarter Horses, primarily in the cutting horse industry.

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Managing Axillary Wounds in Horses

When it comes to equine axillary wounds—those that damage the space between the inside of the upper limb and the body wall

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