Panel Discussion Hindlimb Lameness and Diagnostic Analgesia When Horses Dont Read the Rule Book

Course overview

In most horses diagnosing the cause of hindlimb lameness is straightforward lameness is abolished by diagnostic analgesia and diagnostic imaging reveals significant pathology. However not all horses read the rule book and reaching a conclusive diagnosis in these cases can be a real challenge even to the most experienced clinician. Topics that will be debated by an international panel of experts consisting of lameness clinicians and radiologists include Unexpected response to diagnostic analgesia lameness that does not improve or gets worse after diagnostic analgesia How to deal with the dangerous horse Approach to multilimb lameness The role of advanced diagnostic imaging in diagnosing challenging hindlimb lameness What shall we do when the diagnostic imaging results dont match clinical findings and the results of diagnostic analgesia When the cause of hindlimb lameness is not in the hindlimb