Splints are bony enlargements (exostoses) of the interosseous ligament that connects the splint bones to the cannon bone in a ...

More than 40% of horses that experienced fatal proximal forelimb fractures that were reported to HISA had no recorded high-speed furlongs within the 60 days prior to the fracture occurring.

WASHINGTON — Three soldiers and four horses at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va., were injured Monday afternoon during a training exercise, the Army confirmed. The training accident occurred ...

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A veterinarian who responded to the scene noted the 3-year-old filly had separated the fetlock, a joint ... to a left forelimb injury. Responding veterinarian officials sedated the horse and ...

Horses with forelimb lameness were included in the study following physical ... Core DDF tendinopathies were identified at the level of the proximal interphalangeal joint in two horses, and at the ...

Seven forelimb hooves from healthy horses were submitted ... removal through the dorsal wall and sole of the hooves of forelimbs of healthy horses on morphology, distal joint angles, and locomotion ...

They say dogs are man’s best friend, but horses could also claim that title. Horses gave us a way to transport people and goods — literal horsepower. They changed warfare: drawing chariots ...

The aim of this study was to assess forelimb joints kinematics (elbow, carpus, and fetlock) in swimming horses. The specific objectives were 1- to calculate and compare joint angles in swimming vs.

The fetlock joint is the articulation between the cannon bone (third metacarpal and metatarsal bone in the forelimb and hindlimb respectively) and the long pastern bone (first phalanx), with two ...