Transient Horner's syndrome in horses following cervical plexus local anesthesia.

Objective: To report the development of transient Horner's syndrome in horses following local anesthesia of the cervical plexus.

Animals: A total of 37 horses.

Study Design: Observational retrospective short case series.

Evaluation of a diode laser for use in induction of tendinopathy in the superficial digital flexor tendon of horses.

Objective: To evaluate use of a diode laser to induce tendinopathy in the superficial digital flexor tendon (SDFT) of horses.

Animals: 4 equine cadavers and 5 adult horses.

Procedures: Cadaveric SDFT samples were exposed to a diode laser at various energy settings to determine an appropriate energy for use in in vivo experiments; lesion size was assessed histologically.

Magic angle magnetic resonance imaging of diode laser induced and naturally occurring lesions in equine tendons.

Magic angle magnetic resonance (MR) imaging consists of imaging tendons at 55° to the magnetic field. In people, magic angle MR imaging is valuable for detection of chronic tendon lesions and allows calculation of tendon T1 values. Increased T1 values occur in people with chronic tendinopathy.