Researchers compared to the usefulneness of computed tomography (CT), contract enhanced CT (CECT) and low field magnetic resonance imaging (LFMRI) to identify lesions causing lameness in 31 limbs of 23 horses. All horses had laeness localized to the foot with dagnostic nerve blocks, lameness localized to the foot with diagnostic nerve blocks, and the average duration of lameness was 10 months.
Researchers from the Donkey Sanctuary examined the radiographic characteristics of the feet of 157 donkeys and described the changes that occur with laminitis.
A clinical investigation into the underlying cause of equine hoof canker was conducted in Austria. Tissue samples from 24 canker specimens were examined for the presence of viral DNA from the papilloma virus that causes warts in cattle and has been associated with sarcoid tumors in horses.
An experimental study was conducted with 13 horses to examine the effects of the carbohydrate model for laminitis on the basement membranes in epithelial tissues other than the hoof. The basement membranes of tissues from several parts of the body were examined 24 and 48 hours following the onset of laminitis.
A cross-sectional study of 462 horses examined at a veterinary referral hospital was conducted to investigate the relationship between sidebone (ossification of the collateral cartilages) and injury to the collateral ligaments of the coffin joint or coffin bone.
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