The Basics of Nerve Blocks
…Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP.) It grades lameness on a score of to 5 with the following descriptions: 0: Lameness not perceptible under any circumstances. 1: Lameness is difficult to…
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Laminitis: The First 48 Hours
…horse shows obvious lameness. Only recently has scientific technology allowed researchers to venture into the borderland between living and dead tissue to discover how laminitis undermines the hoof foundation. Among…
High-Tech Lameness-Detection Devices
The first step in successful treatment is a correct diagnosis. In years past, that was a game of ruling out one possibility at a time, based mainly on X-rays. However,…
Threat: Lyme Disease
…Ledgewood Equine Veterinary Clinic in Ontario, New York, ?The most common clinical sign is lameness. It’s often an obscure lameness—the horse isn?t going right.? Of course, even if other signs—such…
Plan Treatments And Time For Lay-Ups
…any corrections to trimming and shoeing. Stop if lameness returns. FULL WORK: In 6 to 8 weeks. POSSIBLE COMPLICATIONS: Recurrent lameness if you begin work too soon. Ringbone will be…
A New Approach to Stifle Injuries
…about stifle lameness lately, but it’s not because more horses have stifle injuries. It’s just that we are better able to recognize and diagnose the problem and initiate treatment. Before,…
Horses and Hock Problems
…But, how the horse moves after the test will indicate where the lameness is. A common way for veterinarians to determine the origin of lameness is to block a specific…
OsPhos Now Available
…grade 3 out of 5 lame (3= lame at a trot in the straight line) pre-OsPhos ended up being only a grade 2 out of 5 lame (lame at a…
EquiSearch’s Ask the Vet: Help for a Hoof Abscess
Question:We recently purchased a sound, well-gaited Standardbred pacing gelding. He came up very lame quite suddenly while being jogged on the track. We had the vet in for full X-rays,…
Crooked Tails
…functional brace or bandage in place. Lameness. Finally, your horse may carry his tail to one side due to hind-limb lameness. Most often, horses will carry their tails to the…