Lameness diagnosis and treatment in the quarter horse racehorse.
Lameness problems constitute a major part of racing Quarter Horse practice. This article considers the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of the frequently encountered lamenesses. The main conditions included are synovitis, intra-articular fractures, osteochondritis dissecans, and degenerative joint disease as they relate to the coffin, fetlock, carpal, and tarsal joints. Intra-articular injection techniques and medications are discussed because of the frequency of joint disease. Bucked shins and stress fractures are also reviewed.
Equine Medical Center, Cypress, California.
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D000818:Animals; D001947:Breeding; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006736:Horses; D007794:Lameness, Animal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy