Equine Hind Limb Suspensory Surgery: Fasciotomy Combined With Neurectomy
A fasciotomy involves the surgeon cutting the small fibrous band of tissue wrapped around the suspensory ligament. This band cannot expand with ...
How to Create an Equine Lameness Evaluation Video
Click to EnlargeWith more than 25 years in practice and as a hospital who has veterinarians whose practices specialize in sports medicine, ...
Equine Wound Treatment: Casting a Wound
Traditionally, bandaging a wound is the well-known standard method for treating soft tissue injuries. Alternately, with certain types of wounds, casting the ...
Treating Peritonitis – An Ultrasound Guided Abdominal Drain
An ultrasound is an invaluable tool. It gives us x-ray vision. In this case, it is helping Dr. Rich Hartman guide a ...
What Is Quittor In Horses?
Quittor refers to damage to the collateral cartilage (sidebones) of the hoof. This condition generally occurs after an injury. Cartilage has minimal ...
Emerging Equine Disease – Equine Enteric Coronavirus (EEC)
Equine Enteric Coronavirus (EEC) may be new to you because the disease has only been recognized in the past few years. In ...
OCD Lesions with Mid-Rivers’ Surgeon, Richard Hartman, DVM
OCD lesions are cartilage flaps (sometimes containing bone) that develop at the end of bones near joints during a young horse’s development ...
Dr. Herath, and A Network of Vets, Save Horse’s Eye After Puncture Wound
No one knows how a 10-year-old Quarter Horse mare named Annie sustained a tiny puncture wound to her left eye, which resulted ...
Dr. Baxter Treats Ligament Injury With Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP)
Mid-Rivers Equine Centre is treating horses with ligament, tendon, soft tissue and joint injuries with Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP). PRP is a ...
The Top 7 Things to Know about Equine Recurrent Uveitis
Equine Uveitis (Moon Blindness) is an immune-mediated disease that affects the eye. It is the leading cause of blindness in horses. Jacquelin ...