Meet Ruby, a 10 year old mare who was referred for IR imaging due to head shaking/ tossing and increased bronking. Ruby is a general purpose horse, ridden both on the flat and jumping 5 times per week. When she [...]
The following case highlights the importance of owners tracking subtle signs of lameness or changes in behaviour / performance, when additionally combined with infrared physiological imaging this can greatly assist veterinary diagnosis. Ronnie (Skewby Doo) is a 17yo Irish Sports [...]
Ringo is a 12yo 15hh Traditional Cob who has been with his current owner for 2.5 years. He had a baseline set of scans taken in 2015 which proved very useful for our veterinary team to refer back to. In [...]
HISTORY AND SUBJECTIVE COMPLAINTS: Lameness was first observed in this 10yo mare, 4 weeks prior imaging. Veterinary treatment /investigation had consisted of 4 weeks box rest and a 2 week course of a phenylbutazone alternative which she was still taking [...]
9 year old Irish Sports Horse gelding, 16.2hh with an approximate 3 month history of low grade left hindlimb lameness, with a significant reluctance to flex the left hind limb. Infrared imaging isolated significant inflammatory activity bilaterally in stifles (L>R). [...]
11 year old Warmblood x Thoroughbred mare that we originally assessed in February 2016 when her owner reported tendencies to ‘nap’ when turning on a tight circle to the left. She also favoured the LF after landing when jumping. There [...]
HISTORY AND SUBJECTIVE COMPLAINTSThe horse presented with a low grade, left fore limb lameness. As the lameness was subtle an impacting performance localising the potential pathology was the first step before further diagnostic could be performed. A full clinical examination [...]
