Treatment of a second carpal bone fracture by removal under ultrasonographic guidance in a horse.

Objective: To report an unusual 2nd carpal bone (C2) slab fracture and its treatment, using an ultrasonographically assisted, minimally invasive arthrotomy technique, for fragment removal.

Study Design: Case report.

Animals: An 11-year-old crossbred Warmblood gelding.

[Digital semiological anesthesia in horses: technique and elements of interpretation].

Digital semiological anesthesia in horses: Technique and elements of interpretation. Semiological anesthesia of the pes is used during examinations for lameness in horses. Recent research data on the distal digital, distal interphalangeal articular, and podotrochlear intrathecal nerve blocks indicate that they are less than specific when considered in isolation.

Comparison of two techniques for injection of the podotrochlear bursa in horses.

Objective: To compare accuracy of 2 methods for injection of the podotrochlear bursa in horses.

Design: Observational study.

Animals: 17 French Standardbreds.

Idiopathic prolapse of 1 uterine horn in a yearling filly.

A yearling filly was presented for protrusion of a mass at the vulvar margins. A diagnosis of prolapse of the right uterine horn was made after vaginoscopy, transrectal palpation, and ultrasonography. It was confirmed later by biopsy of the tissue.