ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: [endurance] Mystery lameness and DIY stables

Re: [endurance] Mystery lameness and DIY stables

C.M.Newell (reshan@ultranet.com)
Thu, 5 Oct 1995 19:08:14 -0400

>Well, our 4yr old went into the vets yesterday. The lameness is still
>at the same level it has been for a couple of weeks i.e not really
>visible at a normal trot, but a very positive flexion test. ....

Is there a facility near you where a nuclear scan could be performed? (Here
in the Us, most vet schools have tha capability, and some private practices
as well.) It is an excellent tool for pinpointing obscure lamenesses. A soft
tissue phase can be done (within certain limits; in your case, where the
limb flexion is positive you could focus on that area), followed by bone
scintigraphy. Lesions which are not obvious on radiographs are often quite
well-defined with this method.
--CMNewell, DVM
"The expression in a horse's eye is like a blessing on a good man's house."
--Sayied iben-el Rabil, quoting the Prophet