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veterinary American Edition May 2015 • Volume 27 • Number 5


AAEP News: In this issue Ethics: Altering a horse’s tail—why not? ................................................................................. III


Ambulatory exams, emergencies and economics in ‘focus’ at summer meeting....................................................................................................................V


Foundation grants helps level the playing field in assault on horse lands ............................VII


Highlights of Recent Clinically Relevant Papers S. WRIGHT ..........................................................................................................................223


Editorial Is the time primed for equine asthma? J.-P. LAVOIE...........................................................................................................................225


Case Reports Congenital triple oesophageal stricture and megaoesophagus in a neonatal colt


B. BEZDEKOVA, M. SKORIC and M. PEKARKOVA .........................................................227


Congenital oesophageal stricture in an Arabian filly treated by balloon dilation D. BERLIN, K. SHAABON and D. PEERY ..........................................................................230


Broken nasotracheal tube aspiration in a horse during anaesthetic recovery J. POTTER, K. ALLEN, P. MACFARLANE and D. HOLOPHERNE-DORAN ................240


Treatment of a Standardbred racehorse for septic infraspinatus and intertubercular bursitis caused by haematogenous bacterial spread P. O’SULLIVAN, T. GUDEHUS, L. KAMM and I. S. BRIDGE ...........................................247


Post mortem magnetic resonance imaging of multiple congenital ocular anomalies in a Comtois mare M. OOSTERLINCK, A. GREBERT, I. GIELEN, L. BOSSELER, R. DUCATELLE and F. GASTHUYS ................................................................................................................255


Clinical Commentaries Milk regurgitation caused by oesophageal stricture in foals


S. K. REED .............................................................................................................................237


Mitigating the risk of airway obstruction during recovery from anaesthesia: The way is far from clear J. M. SENIOR ........................................................................................................................244


Infraspinatus and intertubercular (bicipital) bursae sepsis W. H. J. BARKER ..................................................................................................................251


Original Article Retrospective study on the effect of wither fracture on racing performance in


Thoroughbred racehorses in Hong Kong (2003 to 2013) R. J. T. Y. GRAHAM, C. M. RIGGS and S. M. ROSANOWSKI .........................................259


Review Articles Rethinking equine gastric ulcer syndrome: Part 2 – Equine squamous


gastric ulcer syndrome (ESGUS) B. W. SYKES and J. M. JOKISALO .......................................................................................264


Plants poisonous to horses in Europe F. CALONI and C. CORTINOVIS .......................................................................................269


Critically Appraised Topics Which nerve blocks will help me with a tooth extraction?


N. DU TOIT .........................................................................................................................275


Can septic pedal osteitis be managed in the standing patient? E. CILLÁN-GARCÍA .............................................................................................................277 Advertisers’ Index .............................................................................................................263 Cover photo by Dr. Scott Palmer.


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