USING DIGITAL INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY TO DIAGNOSE AN SUPRASPINOUS MUSCLE TEAR, IN A DRESSSAGE HORSE-CASE STUDY

Otilia Teodora Ciutacu Surgery Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Bucharest, 105 Splaiul Independentei Str., sector 5
I. Miclaus Surgery Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Bucharest, 105 Splaiul Independentei Str., sector 5

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15835/buasvmcn-vm:64:1-2:2592

Keywords: sport equine, lameness, locomotory injuries, digital infrared thermography, soft tissues injuries, muscle tear.

Abstract

The patient is a 11 years old dressage horse, that had suffer a severe tear of the supraspinous muscle. He developed a III-rd degree lameness, at the right fore leg, suddenly, and no one knows why.

Published

2008-12-02

Issue

Vol. 64 No. 1-2 (2007)

Section

Short comunications

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