equine education


c o ntent s


Lessons learned: Protecting your practice from addiction threats .................... III Reinforce your knowledge and skills with AAEP summer CE ............................VII Veterinarian’s efforts putting abusive horse owners on notice .......................... IX


Highlights of Recent Clinically Relevant Papers S. WRIGHT ..........................................................................................................................226


Editorial Welfare concerns for the US sport horse – A matter of practice ethics? R. D. MITCHELL ..................................................................................................................228


Case Reports Staphyloccocus aureus-associated infarctive purpura haemorrhagica, immune-mediated haemolytic anaemia and myocarditis in a Quarter Horse mare A. C. TRIMBLE, K. M. DELPH, L. A. BEARD and E. G. DAVIS .......................................230


Clinicopathological findings of an episode of mycotoxicosis in horses R. K. DEDAR, N. VIRMANI, P. A. BALA, J. SINGH, R. K. VAID, R. A. LEGHA and B. N. TRIPATHI ....................................................................................................................236


Congenital occipitoatlantoaxial malformation in a Warmblood mare H. P. BRÜNISHOLZ, N. WILDHABER, S. HOEY, M. RUETTEN, A. BOOS and J. M. KÜMMERLE................................................................................................................242


Polypoid cystitis as a cause of haematuria in a pony mare C. M. ROSALES, N. J. BAMFORD, S. L. SULLIVAN, J. R. BAUQUIER and B. S. TENNENT-BROWN .....................................................................................................250


Idiopathic renal haematuria in an Egyptian Arabian stallion L. M. MARTIN, B. C. JOCHEMS, J. C. LATTIMER, P. J. JOHNSON and D. D. WHELCHEL ................................................................................................................260


Clinical Commentaries


Clinical evaluation of occipitoatlantoaxial malformation W. F. GILSENAN ...................................................................................................................248


Bloody urine – the list of differential diagnoses lengthens, but diagnostics remain the same J. SCHUMACHER and J. SCHUMACHER.........................................................................255


Original Article


Radiographic identification of the equine dorsal and ventral nasal conchal bullae A. E. GIAVITTO and S. Z. BARAKZAI ...............................................................................264


Review Article


Review of the application and efficacy of extracorporeal shockwave therapy in equine tendon and ligament injuries A. F. YOCOM AND L. D. BASS ...........................................................................................271


Critically Appraised Topic


Does pergolide therapy prevent laminitis in horses diagnosed with pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction? E. J. KNOWLES .....................................................................................................................278


 .............................................................................................................254 Cover photo by Dr. Michelle Beko.


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