• Unit 1.3
• Equine Guelph’s Lameness Lab

• Functional Anatomy of the Horse Foot

• Inside Nature’s Giants – *Warning – graphic content of a horse dissection* Watch as researchers guide us through a cross-section of the lower leg and explain the importance of the hoof.
• Inside Nature’s Giants – *Warning – graphic content of a horse dissection* Watch as researchers talk about the different parts of a horse’s leg and how they’ve evolved for speed.
• Are Your Horse’s Bones Tough Enough?
• Infographic: Equine Joint Structure and Function
• Muscle Images with Labels
• Foreleg Tendon Image with Labels
• Foreleg Tendon Image with Labels (3rd image down)
• Hindleg Tendon Image with Labels

• Inside Nature’s Giants – *Warning – graphic content of a horse dissection* Watch as researchers dissect the forelimb leg muscles to explain how they help a horse move. See if you can spot the stages of movement.
• Inside Nature’s Giants – *Warning – graphic content of a horse dissection* Watch as researchers place a forelimb into a press to see how much stress it is placed under at different gaits. You can also see what happens when they rupture a tendon under pressure.

• Lameness Scale – AAEP Monitoring the digital pulse

• Equine Guelph’s Horse Health Check

• Is Your Horse Hurting?
• Identifying Behavioral Pain Indicators in Ridden Horses
• How to Measure Back Pain in Horses

• Lameness Diagnostics

• Video – Diagnosing Subtle Lameness with Dr. Sue Dyson
• MRI, CT, Bone Scan: What’s The Difference And How Do They Help Horses?
• Preventing Breakdowns: Why Routine Imaging Isn’t The Answer…Yet
• Bandaging with Nerve Blocks and Lameness Exams
• Observation, Science, and Equine Lameness Diagnosis
• Lameness in Horses
• A New Way to Detect Humeral Stress Fractures in Racehorses
• How Vets can ‘Listen’ to Suspensory Injuries in Horses

• Figuring out Limb Fractures in Horses
• Fractures in Horses (Surgery)
• Fractures in Horses (First Aid)
• Equine Guelph’s Take a Journey Through the Joints
• Common Injuries in Retiring Racehorses
• Necropsies Teaching About Catastrophic Racehorse Injuries

• Figuring Out Limb Fractures in Horses
• Practical Methods for Preventing Fractures in Racehorses
• Bone Chips in Horses: Why, Where, and What to Do On Bucked Shins – This resource has information on prevention.
• Bucking the Strain of Bucked Shins – This resource has information on prevention.
• A New Way to Detect Humeral Stress Fractures in Racehorses
• Sesamoid Injuries in Horses: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention
• How Vets can ‘Listen’ to Suspensory Injuries in Horses Diagnosis and Treatment of Equine Joint Disease
• 10 Equine Osteoarthritis Resources Muscular Disorders in Athletic Horses Laminitis in Horses
• The Foul Threat of Thrush Abscesses
• The Thoroughbred Racehorse Foot: Evaluation and Management of Common Problems (AAEP)

• 2 Year Old Training Program
• TWO-YEAR-OLD RACING: Factors to Consider Before Racing Your Two-Year-Old
• Australian Veterinary Association’s Policy on Racing 2 Year Olds

• Racing Surfaces White Paper

• UC Davis – Horse Racing Injury Prevention
• Dr. Mick Peterson – Executive Director, Racing Surfaces Testing Laboratory discusses racing surfaces
• Bramlage, McIlwraith on Santa Anita: A Combination of Factors to Blame The Athletic Horse
  • Chapters: Training the Thoroughbred Racehorse, Training Standardbred Trotters and Pacers, Training the Racing Quarter Horse, Clinical Exercise Testing
• Why 3 year olds rule the Triple Crown
• Evaluation of a new strategy to modulate skeletal development in racehorses by imposing track‐based exercise during growth: The effects on 2‐ and 3‐year‐old racing careers
• The Effect of Age on Thoroughbred Racing Performance Safe Longeing for Horse Health

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