Heel Bulb Laceration

Heel Bulb Laceration

Heel Bulb Laceration On February 27th, 2020, Fireman, a 2-year-old Quarter Horse gelding, hung his foot on the lower strand of barbed wire completely tearing down the bottom strand. Due to the rainy, winter conditions, the wound was severely contaminated with the...
Exposed Tendon in Hoof

Exposed Tendon in Hoof

Exposed Tendon in Hoof An 11-year-old Paint mare was rescued after complications from a chronic wirecut destablilized the mare’s hoof, exposing the deep digital flexor tendon.  Dr. Scott Morrison DVM of Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital’s Podiatry Center...
It is always a problem with the male species!

It is always a problem with the male species!

As horse women, I am sure this has never happened to you…You go away for the weekend to a horse show and your husband decides to help out a friend and “horse watch” a friends stallion for a couple of days at the ranch.  You come home from the horse...
Filly with Leg De-gloving

Filly with Leg De-gloving

Dr. Jason Errico DVM, DACVS of Loomis Basin Equine Medical Center in Penryn, California had a 2-year-old filly with a severe distal-limb de-gloving wound to the right-hind leg.  Because of the bone exposure and the need to promote rapid granulation over the wound, Dr....
Sunshine’s Barbed Wire Cuts managed with Amnion

Sunshine’s Barbed Wire Cuts managed with Amnion

When a Cal Poly University yearling filly named Sunshine got her left leg was caught in a barbed wire fence on August 20th, 2015, Dr. Campos, a reproductive veterinarian and researcher with the school called in Dr. Vanessa Bradley, a veterinarian with the Equine...
Luna’s Distal Limb Wound

Luna’s Distal Limb Wound

AniCell’s StemWrap Amnion used to manage distal-limb leg injury Warning! This case study contains pictures that are of a graphic nature. AniCell is a biotech company that extends the ACTIVE life of animals using amniotic material to create all-natural...