My week on the Sports Medicine service was exciting: lots
of lameness evaluations, lots of bone scans and ultrasounds, and lots of beautiful horses.
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general lameness evaluation by Tufts Veterinary Field Service includes a diagnostic nerve and joint block of the horse in order to systematically identify the area of concern by temporarily eliminating the sensation to specific segments of the limb, one region at a time, until the lameness disappears.
Filed Under: Clinical Experience Tagged With: 4th year, equine,
lameness evaluations, Lameness Examination in Horses, vet school, vet student, veterinary medicine, veterinary school
The department has earned both national and international reputations in reproduction, surgery, internal medicine,
lameness evaluation, and large animal therapeutics.
Our goat and sheep services include wellness care and vaccinations,
lameness evaluations, diagnostic testing, neonatal care and more.
Her clinical interest includes elbow dysplasia pathophysiology and treatment modalities; cranial cruciate disease treatment modalities; forceplate gait analysis, specifically for evidence - based medicine, joint and
lameness evaluation.