Horse Lameness

Equine Lameness Lower limb and foot problems can be difficult to diagnose and treat and DITI can help with both. Accurate and early diagnosis while injuries and diseases are still in the sub-clinical (before lameness) stage provides for better treatment options and a better outcome (either prevention or earlier return to training / competition). Once lameness has occurred finding the source of the issues and providing the correct treatment is top priority. Equiscan DITI can help to detect intermittent or non-specific lameness whether it's neurological or musculoskeletal. Conditions such as: early stage pedal osteitis, navicular disease, foot abscess, laminitis and many more can be evaluated with Equiscan DITI.

Our aim to locate the primary source of lameness as well as any secondary issues that may go unnoticed or untreated. DITI is completely non-invasive and can evaluate the whole horse (not just where we think the issue is) in a matter for minutes.

  • Tendon and ligament injuries can be detected long before they cause lameness and break-down. Published studies have shown that thermography can detect tendon lesions 6-8 weeks before they become clinically evident.
  • Joint problems can be evaluated for inflammation (arthritis) degenerative changes, and can help x-ray locate issues like chip fracture and difficult to image stress fractures that may otherwise only be seen with scintigraphy (nuclear bone scan).
  • Lameness due to pain may not be caused by any local structural problem. Equiscan DITI can evaluate the cause of lameness due to referred pain syndromes such as nerve entrapments as well as other vascular, neurological and musculoskeletal pain syndromes. 

Chip Fracture in Right Fetlock   Detection Tendon Adhesions  Detecting Laminitis

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