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Horse Injuries, Wound Care, and Lameness

Causes of Lameness: Heel Pain

While heel pain is a component of navicular syndrome, it is very important to point out that there are a…

10 years ago


Causes of Equine Lameness: Degenerative Joint Disease

Degenerative Joint Disease Degenerative joint disease (DJD) is a common occurrence in older, and sometimes not so old, equine athletes.…

10 years ago

Causes of Equine Lameness: Tendon and Ligament Injury

Tendon and Ligament Injury There are several important tendons and ligaments in the lower leg. The superficial digital flexor tendon,…

10 years ago

Porcupine Quills and Cactus Spines

Ouch! If you’ve ever had a horse come in from the pasture with a face full of porcupine quills or…

11 years ago

How to Bandage a Horse’s Leg

For anyone who owns a horse, it is no secret that you will more than likely encounter a wound at…

11 years ago

Could joint supplements help senior horses?

As your horse ages, you may have noticed that he starts out a bit stiffer and creakier in the joints…

11 years ago

Hitting a Nerve

Q: We bought a 5-year-old gelding that has laminitis. A vet suggested we block the nerves in his worst hoof.…

11 years ago

Ask the Expert: Subchondral Bone Cysts

Q: My 5-year-old gelding recently came up lame, and the vet diagnosed him with a bone cyst in the right…

11 years ago

First Aid Basics

As horse owners we all know how accident and emergency prone horses can be. It’s almost as if they wake…

11 years ago

Miracles of MRI

We are now recognizing a whole new class of injuries made visible though MRI. Tendons and ligaments are throughout the…

11 years ago