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practice. Please contact us via email or by telephone to schedule your horses complete
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APHIS confirms CEM exposure or infection in 334 horses in 39 states: The USDA's
Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has identified 334 horses in 39 states that
have tested positive for or have been exposed to Contagious Equine Metritis (CEM).
Australia officially horse flu free
Australia has been officially declared free of equine influenza (EI) by the World Organisation for
Animal Health
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CEM update: 820 positive and exposed horses in 48 states
The latest update on the nationwide outbreak of contagious equine metritis (CEM) that
began about five months ago shows 18 stallions in six states and five mares in three
states so far confirmed CEM-positive by the USDA's National Veterinary Services
Laboratories. Read more.
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TILDREN AVAILABLE:
Indications for Tildren® and results of clinical tests
Thanks to its ability to regulate excessive remodelling of the bone, tiludronate has been successfully tested on horses
in the treatment of two major degenerative diseases that cause chronic lameness: spavins and navicular syndrome.
Back Pain
Back problems are a major cause of poor performance and gait abnormalities especially in athletic horses. Among
the population of horses referred to our center, back pain represents the first owner’s complaint. Various clinical
manifestations have been reported, such as reduced performance, changes in behaviour, bucking, resistance to
saddling-up, back or neck stiffness, ill-defined lameness… But the diagnosis of back pain can be a real challenge for
the equine practioner because of the difficulty of objective assessment and identification of the cause of the pain. In
our general approach of horses presented with a complaint of performance problems related to back pain, we always
examine the whole dorsal region. If lameness is present we usually investigate separately its possible origin. Back
pain mainly originates from bone alteration in the spinous processes, synovial joints or vertebral bodies, muscle pain
being most often secondary. Improvements in diagnostic imaging procedures now allow identification of several
lesions, with kissing spines, synovial intervertebral arthropathy and vertebral spondylosis being the most significant
lesions responsible for back discomfort in horses.