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 No Tune in a Bucket
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Location: Texas | Is this scan system available with many vets? I am in East Texas but not sure if any vets offer it close to me. |
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| RocketPilot - 2018-03-18 7:28 PM
Is this scan system available with many vets? I am in East Texas but not sure if any vets offer it close to me.
Dr. Honnas at Texas Equine in Bryan has one. |
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 A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Retama Equine hospital has one..You can google Lameness Locator in Texas and find one there easley. |
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| I asked my vet about one and if she would ever get/use one. Its been a few years ago but the bottom line was they did a study at a vet school and the human vets were still able to more accurately locate lameness than the locator by quite a margin. She did not feel the cost benefit would be worth it. |
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 The One
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Location: South Georgia | I'm not sure if any of you have read my long lameness post recently, but in my case, the lameness locator was able to find the minute lameness before any vet's eyes could. Ironically, the vet told me that despite having a hit on her hind left leg, he'd still pass her on a pre-purchase exam because the lameness wasn't visible after flexion tests and to the eye.
Moral for my case: the lameness locator knew before the vet did.
To answer your question, I'd try googling something like "TX vet lameness locator" to see what results pop up. Since it is newer technology, they usually advertise it in their website, so you should get some results in Google.
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| I would recommend taking a look at our map of current users. :)
https://equinosis.com/find-a-vet/
Just type in "Texas" at a 250 mile radius, and you will see them all. We currently have 12 users in Texas! I hope that helps. |
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No Tune in a Bucket
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Location: Texas | Thanks everyone for the info. If he doesn't improve soon at least it would give us another option. |
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| I've never heard of this and very curious/interested. is it like a body scan that uses heat sensors like a body scan? Or how does it work? what is the general cost of this procedure?
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | patoates - 2018-03-20 9:03 AM I've never heard of this and very curious/interested. is it like a body scan that uses heat sensors like a body scan? Or how does it work? what is the general cost of this procedure?
Go to this site {Equinosis} and it can help you to understand more. Its been around for a while now  |
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The One
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Location: South Georgia | patoates - 2018-03-20 10:03 AM I've never heard of this and very curious/interested. is it like a body scan that uses heat sensors like a body scan? Or how does it work? what is the general cost of this procedure? No. The lameness locator is a series of sensors. My mare wore a head bumper with a sensor on it and then one on a front ankle and one on the top of her hip. When the horse moves, it graphs their movement to an ipad (or whatever) and identifies what limb the lameness is coming from. This is a simple explanation, but you get the idea. The cost is minimal. It was part of a $150 lameness exam for me.
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Doggy Diaper Designer
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Location: WI | Just be careful. Using it took me on a wild goose chase. I spent alot of money chasing a problem that wasn't anything and nothing turned up after x Ray's etc. Not an they are cracked up to be |
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 Did I miss the party?
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| I've seen some impossible to diagnose cases solved with the lameness locator! Obviously there's an operator curve associated with it but, I've also seen subclinical cases be discovered before they were an issue. This doesn't take the place of a vet with a good eye but, it's definitely another tool in their arsenal. |
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