Life Science Weekly
Welcome to NewsRx!
Learn more about a six-week, no-risk free trial of Life Science Weekly
We're a pay-per-view site for premium content. If you'd like to purchase this article, it's only $3.00.
Veterinary Medicine
Improved treatment developed for foot infections in horses
March 31st, 2003
Foot infections can take a deadly toll on horses. Nearly half of all horses that pick up a foot infection - whether from stepping on a nail or some other injury - die as a result of infections that explode out of control. Amanda, a 17-hand, dark bay Thoroughbred mare from Barrington, Illinois, would have been one of the statistics if her owner hadn't learned that a surgeon at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine has had success with this type of injury. The mare, whom her owner intended to be a show jumper, had stepped on a nail that had pierced her navicular bone. Area veterinary surgeons extracted a portion of the...
Source: Life Science Weekly (2003-03-31)
|
