Articles by Albert Kane

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A review of the literature on how laminitis develops was recently published in the Equine Veterinary Journal. The authors looked at the literature concerning the various experimental models of laminitis, the mechanisms for inflammatory (sepsis) and metabolic (endocrinopathy) laminitis and how contralateral limb laminitis and pasture-associated laminitis might fit into these forms of disease.
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Researchers in Spain studied the hoof conformation of Catalan Pyrenean horses raised in a semi-feral environment to describe their size, shape and bilateral symmetry.
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A detailed postal questionnaire was used to collect information on traumatic injuries and risk factors for those injuries from about 1,000 horse owners in England and North Wales.
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An advanced statistical technique was used to establish and validate an objective method of diagnosing laminitis in donkeys using measurements obtained from a lateromedial radiograph of a selected forefoot.
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A case-controlled study was conducted to assess the significance of fragmentation of the distal border of the navicular bone, the shape of the palmar cortex and proximal and distal extensions of the palmar surface.
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An experimental study was conducted with six normal horses to investigate the effects of dietary fructan levels and ambient temperatures on the temperature of the coronary band.
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Researchers compared to the usefulneness of computed tomography (CT), contract enhanced CT (CECT) and low field magnetic resonance imaging (LFMRI) to identify lesions causing lameness in 31 limbs of 23 horses. All horses had laeness localized to the foot with dagnostic nerve blocks, lameness localized to the foot with diagnostic nerve blocks, and the average duration of lameness was 10 months.
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