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In recent years the problems stemming from the horse's foot have gained renewed attention. This is in a large part due to pioneering diagnostic imaging work done in England at the Animal Health Trust, Washington State University School of Veterinary Medicine, and the Maison Alfort school of Veterinary Medicine in Paris, France. Clinicians at these institutions started looking at the structures of the foot with MRI, CT, Nuclear scintigraphy, and high quality ultrasound.
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A geriatric Quarter Horse gelding was evaluated for a sudden onset of severe right forelimb (RF) lameness. The horse was depressed and would bear almost no weight on the RF. The leg was hot and swollen to approximately twice its normal size from the coronary band up to the axilla; the swelling was extremely painful to the touch. Clipping revealed an open sore over the fetlock.
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