One of the most significant advances in equine management in recent years has been the advent of ultrasonography, or ultrasound. Through this technology, which bounces repeating sound waves off tissues and structures in the horse's body and converts them to a visual image based on the length of time it takes for the wave to return, veterinarians can examine the inner workings of soft tissues

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