Fractures are a common cause of loss among Thoroughbred racehorses. A large proportion
of these injuries occurs in the absence of a specific traumatic event and show typical …

The incidence of post‐anesthetic lameness in 655 horses undergoing 733 anesthetic
episodes over a 3 year period was 6.4%. Nineteen factors previously reported or proposed …

Case records of horses with muscle disorders presenting to the Veterinary Medical Teaching
Hospital of the University of California, Davis, over a nine year period were evaluated. The …

Eighteen cases of septic osteitis of the distal phalanx were diagnosed clinically and
confirmed at surgery over a 6 year period (1990–1996). Focal bone lysis was the most …

This chapter deals with equine musculoskeletal diseases, focusing on joint injuries and
disease and osteoarthritis, bone injuries and diseases, tendon and ligament injuries and …

There is a wide range of developmental diseases affecting growing horses. They have
complex aetiopathogenesis, but are all primarily related to growth, nutrition and …

During fetal development, equine long bones have two main centers of ossification. The
primary ossification center develops first and forms the diaphysis and metaphysis of the …

AIMS: To assess the relationship between the radiographic and microscopic appearance of
the physeal regions of the distal third metacarpal (Mc3) and metatarsal (Mt3) bones of …

A 6-year-old Doberman pinscher dog was presented with myositis ossificans of the
semimembranosus muscle. Linear, temporal, and angular kinematic patterns were recorded …

Objective—To describe incomplete oblique sagittal dorsal cortical fractures of the equine
third metacarpal bone, their surgical repair, and subsequent performance of the horses …