With six bones articulating in close range and multiple tendons and ligaments controlling extension and flexion, the hock, or the horse equivalent of the human ankle, has many moving and ...

Ashlee E.Watts, DVM, PhD, DACVS. a board certified large animal surgeon in the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences at Texas A&M University conducted a study on EquiThrive's effects on hock ...

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COLUMBIA, Mo. ¬— The most common ailment to affect a horse is lameness. A University of Missouri equine veterinarian has developed a way to detect this problem using a motion detection system called ...

Many veterinarians agree that 90% of equine lamenesses originate in the foot. But if it’s not in the foot, there are many other areas where lameness can hide. One area practitioners should examine if ...

Report: Resveratrol Supplement May Help Hock Injections Do Their Work originally appeared on Paulick Report. Intra-articular corticosteroids are an effective option for joint lameness in horses, but ...

A severely lame horse does not often present a vet with much of a diagnostic challenge. In contrast, horses with low-grade mild and chronic lameness can be a real nightmare to investigate. In these ...

Back problems are sometimes blamed for low-grade lameness in horses when in fact the back pain develops secondary to the lameness. British Equestrian Federation (BEF) physiotherapist Vicky Spalding ...

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Equine veterinarians have developed a way to detect lameness using a motion detection system called the "Lameness Locator." Now, researchers have found that the Lameness Locator can detect lameness ...