equine education


c o ntent s


veterinary American Edition        


 From the President’s Desk: Aligning our equine welfare priorities ......................................... III Practitioners from Colorado and Oregon named AAEP officers ............................................V Saddle up for the AAEP Annual Convention in San Antonio ...............................................VI


 S. WRIGHT ..........................................................................................................................470


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Spontaneous hoof capsule loss following lacerations of the equine distal limb P. RUZICKOVA, P. TRENCART and S. LAVERTY .............................................................472


Anastomosis of the medial digital artery in a mare following traumatic laceration C. M. ISGREN and P. I. MILNER .......................................................................................481


Lipoma of the long digital extensor tendon sheath in a horse C. OWENS, A. YOUNG, P. LOUKOPOULOS and B. HILBERT ........................................484


Septic tendonitis of the deep digital flexor tendon in a Thoroughbred horse referred for weight loss and intermittent fever I. SANTINELLI, F. BECCATI, F. PASSAMONTI and M. PEPE .........................................488


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Loss of the hoof capsule in horses as a consequence of limb ischaemia B. J. AHERN and A. W. VAN EPS .......................................................................................478


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Whole body vibration affects the cross-sectional area and symmetry of the m. multifidus of the thoracolumbar spine in the horse B. T. HALSBERGHE, P. GORDON-ROSS and R. PETERSON ..........................................493


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Racecourse fracture management. Part 3: Emergency care of specific fractures I. M. WRIGHT ......................................................................................................................500


A review of the healing processes in equine superficial digital flexor tendinopathy S. G. DAKIN .........................................................................................................................516


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Should I use magnetic resonance imaging to evaluate horses with foot penetrations? L. MEEHAN .........................................................................................................................521


What does a positive palmar digital nerve block mean? E. J. O. O’BRIEN ...................................................................................................................523


 ..................................................................................................................524A-G  .............................................................................................................524


Cover photo by Dr. Jorge Colon.


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