"The fetlock joint is, arguably, the joint that makes a horse a horse," said Larry Bramlage, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVS, a partner at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Ky., during the 2009 American ...

Veterinarians and farriers apply a wide variety of horseshoes to treat the plethora of hoof problems that come our horses’ way, not to mention issues farther up the limb. Injuries to the suspensory ...

Laura Fitzharris MRCVS and Evita Busschers MRCVS delve into the details of this complex joint and the injuries that can happen in this area The fetlock is a high-motion joint with a similar structure ...

The fetlock is formed where the cannon bone and the long pastern bone meet. The joint includes two sesamoid bones at the back, which the flexor tendons pass over, and is strengthened by ligaments ...

This article was published 22/12/2016 (3358 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current. Few conditions in a horse are as difficult to manage as suspensory ligament disease, particularly, ...

Horses stabled at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark. that receive a corticosteroid injection in the fetlock joint will need to have the joint radiographed before a second administration within 60 days ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Researchers at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences are recruiting horse owners in North Central Florida to participate in a study focused ...