Built to Last: Ideal Equine Conformation
Assessing a horse’s limbs, feet, and body can help you and your veterinarian identify anatomical traits that could end up being performance-affecting liabilities.
Assessing a horse’s limbs, feet, and body can help you and your veterinarian identify anatomical traits that could end up being performance-affecting liabilities.
Veterinarians should consider ultrasound to diagnose hock sprains in horses and guide the rehabilitation process.
Hock arthritis can cause poor performance and lameness in horses. Learn how to manage your horse after a diagnosis of this common condition.
No horse is perfect, and many with conformational flaws go on to compete successfully. What can you live with and how?
Knowing how to select the perfect mount, train and condition him properly, and manage his health so he’ll deliver his best in the show pen is how champion riders of reiners, cutters, and rodeo sports succeed.
Learn about four common injuries veterinarians see in these athletes, how they diagnose them, and what treatments and rehabilitation methods they use to get horses back to performance.
New research shows sport horses had increased hock angles when the hind hooves were shod and might show reduced lameness.
Researchers discussed the complications 212 veterinarians experienced after performing sacroiliac joint region injections.
Here’s a look at some common pelvis problems in horses, how veterinarians diagnose them, and what treatment options are available.
While forelimb lamenesses are fairly common, hind-limb issues can be less obvious and even underdiagnosed. Learn about the common causes of lameness in the hind end and how to diagnose and treat them.
MRI imaging of the stifle joint has shown evidence of injuries to a variety of soft and hard tissues.
Horses with injured stifles have the best chance of returning to full work following a scientifically planned rehabilitation process.
Find out how to get athletic horses with injuries to the large, complex stifle joint on the road to recovery.
Wrapping a hock can be difficult, but these tips from a veterinarian can help.
Joint injections can be complicated by a horse’s age, purpose, and health. Here’s how veterinarians approach various scenarios.
Pinpointing an injury’s location is important for not only an accurate diagnosis but also a proper treatment and successful outcome.
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