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Robert N. Oglesby DVM
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Posted on Tuesday, Jun 13, 2006 - 12:03 pm:   Edit PostPrint Post
Owners of draught (draft) breeds have long experienced a disease of the pasterns that at first resembles scratches but does not respond to treatment and progresses to a debilitating nodular disease of the horse. The cause has remained unknown but there does seem to be a genetic component as the disease is confined to certain breeds. The disease has been termed Chronic Progressive Lympoedema (CPL) as recent studies have found that the cause of the swelling and node formation are defects in the lymphatic system. In this article we address how this occurs, treatments, and prognosis. For more click on Chronic Progressive Lymphoedema (Lymphedema) off the navigation above.
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