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Two black and white Radiograph showing arthrodesis before surgery (Left) and after surgery (Right)

What is Arthrodesis?

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grey horse coughing. Credit: iStock/slowmotiongli

Solving the Equine Asthma Riddle

Professor Melissa Mazan spoke with The Horse about equine asthma.

Teaching horse wearing the lameness locator system (cap on head).

New Sports Medicine Equipment for Tufts Equine Center

State-of-the-art technologies help to diagnose subtle lameness and respiratory disorders

$X-Ray of a horse leg fracture before it was repaired at Tufts Equine Center$

Unbroken

Thanks to recent veterinary advances, leg fractures in horses don’t have to be life-threatening—or even career-ending.

That Strange Stepping by War of Will

The Preakness winner has stringhalt, but what does that mean for the racehorse’s participation in Saturday’s Belmont Stakes?

Surgical Management of Kissing Spines

Kissing spines affect roughly 40% of horses. Here we review the inter-spinous ligament desmotomy (ISLD) procedure that we routinely perform to correct impinging DSPs.

Surgical Management of Impinging or Overriding Dorsal Spinous Processes

José M. García-López, VMD, DACVS, DACVSMR I. INTRODUCTION Dorsal spinous process (DSP) impingement or overriding (ORDSP), often referred as “kissing ...

Reachel Perkins sitting on a fence holding the lead of Travis the horse.

All Hands on Deck

A full collaboration between Travis’s owner, primary care veterinarian, and Tufts Equine Center ends in a successful outcome

The Renaud family with their horse, Ruby.

Healing a Fractured Tibia

When a 3-week-old filly was diagnosed with a broken leg, her owners feared the worst. But new technology and veterinary expertise brought them hope.