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First Aid for Lameness in Horses
by Robert N. Oglesby DVM
Introduction
Introduction
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First Step: Localize the Lameness
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Is it an Emergency?
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Acute Lameness of Unknown Cause
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Lame on the Trail
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I Need to Have the Vet Out
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More Info
Your horse has just come up lame. While you go through this assesment / treatment / referral paradigm best would be to allow the horse to rest standing still, particularly if he is non-weight bearing on a leg. If he can walk without too much difficulty, he can be put in a stall.
Lameness is defined as a change in gait or way of going in a horse and is a common event. It is not a disease but a symptom of one (or rarely a combination) of the following diseases:
- Pain in the feet, legs, back, or neck
- Mechanical problems of the muscoskeletal system
- Muscular Weakness
- Peripheral nerve disease
- Central nervous disease
Of course proper treatment will depend on an accurate diagnosis however horses often come up lame for reasons that are not immediately obvious. This article and it's links takes you through a step by step paradigm to help you decide do you have an emergency, when you need a vet, and considerations for diagnosis and proper first aid for an unknown lameness in your horse.
~Word Count: 1690 words (The average magazine page contains about 600 words);
~Last Updated: May 28, 2008;
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