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Location: Bandera, TX | Is this money well spent for horses that appear to be off, but nothing can be found at the vet? For example, horses with odd attitude, or horses that need chiropractic work more often than they should (what could be the cause of getting out of alignment)?
Anyone have a story?
Thank you.
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Location: Wherever Riley is | From my experience I would use a lamness locator first. The thermal imaging was mis-interpreted for me and the vet missed a torn suspensory.
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  Neat Freak
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | if it is something in the back, I would do a rectal exam (cheap) and see if they have a pelvis injury. I have said this so many times on here I should have a cut/paste file so I don't have to type it over and over. But my gelding was always out in his SI and wasn't turning 2nd like he should but 3rd was fine. We spend lots of money at different highly recommended vet clinics, did injections etc and finally spent 3 hrs with an equine Sports Med vet and his last idea was a rectal exam and we found he had previously broken his pelvis. It was healed and not symmetrical anymore so it was making his muscles in his back sore for compensating. He is now on a 2 yr pasture break and will never be a barrel horse but sound for most anything not requiring fast turns and hard stops.
So with that said, I have told this to lots of others on here and 2 others have found that they had the same injury. It is easy to check for and cheaper than trying all these other things first.
Edited by wyoming barrel racer 2014-03-21 9:55 AM
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 Worst.Housekeeper.EVER.
Location: Missouri | I had it done on my mare who had back soreness, crossfired, and shook her head at a lope. The thermal scan was "hot" in all the areas that I already knew were sore. But, I did what the vet suggested: sent the saddle back to manufacturer to have it stripped down and checked for a twisted tree, injected hocks, & blistered stifles multiple times.
It didn't work.
She's belongs to my kids now b/c I was tired of trying to make her work through whatever was causing her issues.
IME, it was cool to see and verify that I wasn't crazy, but didn't really show more than I already assumed was hurting.
Edited by just4fun 2014-03-21 11:16 AM
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| I agree with the lameness locator! it was the best thing i ever did and will do again! |
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Lickable I mean Likeable
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Location: De Berry, Tx | What is a lameness locator? |
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Location: Wherever Riley is | EQUINOSIS.COM |
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| The lameness locator didn't work for my guy. Just showed that he was lame on the push off. |
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| I was told that unless it was done in a cool room, it wouldn't make a difference. You'd get false readings than what you were looking for due to the external factors. |
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 Keeper of the King Snake
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Location: Dubach, LA | Does anyone know if there is a lameness locator or a thermal imaging maching in Louisiana? |
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| I had good luck with thermal imaging. I had a mare who wasn't sound and brought her to a well known lameness vet. He started with the eval of her (watching her move) He did one nerve block, pin pointed the area he thought, did xrays. Nothing showed up. We were deciding what to do next when he brought up the thermal imaging which was relatively new at that point. We did have to wait for 15-20 min before using it because it would have been red in the spots where she was being touched/looked at. It will even pick up heat on the side of the neck their hair lays on. After taking all the images on both sides. It pinpointed heat in her elbow? Not a normal "sore" spot for a barrel horse. We decided to do ultrasound there just to be sure and it showed inflammation. We injected it, two days later I ran her and she ran better than ever before. Not saying it works for every situation but I do believe its another great tool out there |
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 Certified Snake Wrangler
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Location: North MS | I actually had a thermal imaging camera up until last month. My hubby does heating and air conditioning. He bought it mostly for a tax write off and to find vent leaks. I never used it to find random things though. My horse cut his leg and you could really tell on the camera, but no mystery lameness or soreness to try an diagnose. Horses are best examined at night or early morning in stalls and away from sunshine or anything that could artificially elevate their base temperature. If for saddle fit you do a base line scan, saddle, ride, remove and rescan while hot and later after cooling. Lameness would be similar I suppose- base while at rest and cool. Then walk and scan to see where it shows up. I suppose it is good I never needed it. Hubby sold it since we weren't using it much. |
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