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Musculoskeletal system: 1.1 A pproach to the lame horse 3

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Fig. 1.1 Initial
examination of a
Thoroughbred racehorse
with hindlimb and back
problems. The horse is
stood squarely on a hard
surface and is examined
from each side, behind
and in front for stance,
swellings, muscle wastage
and conformation.

1.2 1.3

Fig. 1.2 Observation of a right hindlimb fetlock Fig. 1.3 A distended tarsocrural joint in the right
illustrating a markedly distended digital sheath. hindlimb of a horse with lameness, which was
A diagnosis of chronic digital tenosynovitis was localised to the joint by intra-articular analgesia.
made after the results of diagnostic analgesia,
radiography and ultrasonography.