In its efforts to diagnose microfractures and abnormal bone that would predispose a horse to a full - blown fracture,
researchers at the
Equine Sports
Medicine Program at Tufts School of Veterinary
Medicine have been using scintigraphy, a technique in which a horse is injected with a radioactive isotope that isolates skeletal «hot spots» — places where injured bone is rebuilding itself.
Dr. Carl Kirker - Head, a prominent
equine orthopedic surgeon,
equine sports
medicine expert, and associate professor of large animal surgery at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, has served as Horsepower Technologies» Chief Veterinary Officer and its lead equine researcher since the company's in
medicine expert, and associate professor of large animal surgery at the Cummings School of Veterinary
Medicine at Tufts University, has served as Horsepower Technologies» Chief Veterinary Officer and its lead equine researcher since the company's in
Medicine at Tufts University, has served as Horsepower Technologies» Chief Veterinary Officer and its lead
equine researcher since the company's inception.