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i have a thoroughbred horse who is slighty lame on his ...

Sent to Pet Experts May 12 8:16 a.m.

i have a thoroughbred horse who is slighty lame on his near fore with heat in his tendon but no swelling

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Age: 5; Male; Breed: thoroughbred horse

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May 12 6:10 p.m. (9 hours and 54 minutes later)

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Hello Windsor:

I need to ask a few questions in order to help:

1): If on a scale of 1-5 with 5 being non-weight bearing, where would you grade your horse's lameness?

2): How long has the condition been present?

3): Can you assess which tendon is involved (there are 3 structures: closest to the canon bone is the suspensory ligament, next is the deep digital flexoer tendon, and closest to the skin is the superficial digital flexor tendon)?

4): Are there any external wounds that you are aware of?

5): What is it that you want answered: how to treat the injury?

Thanks, and I'm lookiong forward to hearing from you.

Dan C., DVM -- Veterinarian -- 100% Positive Feedback on 102 Pet Accepts
Equine Veterinarian. Owner/sole proprietor of mobile veterinary practice for nine years.

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Sent May 13 5:55 a.m. (11 hours and 45 minutes later)

he will walk away on it. but in his stable he.d be 4 puttin little weight on it ..

10days nw altough he was lamer before.

from wat i make out of it i tink its the deep digital flexor tendon

no wounds.

wel i was hosing it dwn 4 times a day and applyin coolin clay to it first few days.Im continuing to hose it 4 times a day and alternating between cooling clay n a hot poulitice

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May 13 10:03 p.m. (16 hours and 7 minutes later)

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