We report a 21-year-old Tennessee walking horse mare afflicted with a multicentric T-cell lymphoma. A T-cell-rich, B-cell lymphoma had been removed from the mare's left upper eyelid 4 years earlier. The owner reported that the mare had a poor appetite, difficulty swallowing and difficulty breathing ...

Background: To the authors' knowledge, the effect of a combination of butorphanol tartrate and detomidine hydrochloride on the laryngeal function and symmetry of the arytenoid cartilages in young Thoroughbred horses has not been examined. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the effects of...

OBJECTIVE: To examine changes occurring in normal pelvic suspensory ligaments (SLs) of horses after denervating these ligaments and to investigate the effect chronic inflammation might have on these changes. ANIMALS: 10 horses. PROCEDURES The SL of 1 randomly selected pelvic limb of each of 5...

While MRI is the modality of choice for the diagnosis of longitudinal tears (LTs) of the deep digital flexor tendon (DDFT) of horses, differentiating between various grades of tears based on imaging characteristics is challenging due to overlapping imaging features. In this retrospective,...

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether palmar digital nerve (PDN) blockade in horses with a combination of dexmedetomidine and mepivacaine would block the response to mechanical force applied to the digit longer than would anesthetizing these nerves with mepivacaine alone or dexmedetomidine alone....

The notion that the accuracy of a nerve block correlates well with cutaneous sensation in the nerve's dermatome is false. A positive response to direct anaesthesia of a joint does not prove that the source of pain is within that joint or, conversely, that a negative response eliminates the joint as ...

Objective: To compare a 2% lidocaine solution containing 5 μg/ml (1:200 000) epinephrine with 2% mepivacaine for reducing lameness in horses after use in proximal nerve blocks. Study design: Experimental randomized crossover. Animals: Six adult horses with naturally occurring forelimb lameness....

Conidiobolus coronatus is one of the most commonly identified upper respiratory fungal pathogens in horses. This article includes a review of clinical signs, diagnostics, treatment and outcomes in previously reported cases of equine conidiobolomycosis, as well as six additional cases seen at our...