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Location: midwest mama | It is being recommended that my daughter get an MRI done on her good barrel horse's front foot.
There are several vet clinics in her area that can do it, but they vary in price from $800 to $3500. Some of them are standing, some are lay down......she's very confused and had no idea which way is the best way to go.
Anyone have one done on their horse? What type of experience did you have?
Can anyone give her any details or advice?
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 I"m Jealous!
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Location: Benton City, WA | Generally the resolution of the images from standing MRIs in inferior to the lay down ones...meaning that you may not get diagnosic images, especially when looking for a soft tissue injury that may require fine detal. If you are shopping around, ask each place about magnet size...bigger magnet is better images. But the specialist/vet reading the images is equally, if not more important. You need to go to a vet who has a LOT of experience reading MRIs.
Good luck! |
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 No Name Nancy
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Location: never in the right place | I had one done on my horses foot 3 yrs ago $1500 here in Ct. It was laying down. what didn't show up on an xray sure did on the MRI. |
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| UT and Rood and Riddle have done two a piece for us over the years. UT couldn't tell us anything either time but were cheaper than Rood and Riddle. We sent our results from UT to R&R for them to read.
I would do a lay down as well. I've heard the standing ones are unable to get as clear images and unless you have an absolute expert reading them then you probably still won't get a definative diagnosis. |
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 Pork Fat is my Favorite
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Location: The Oklahoma plains. | barrel_racing_angel - 2015-06-07 12:07 PM Generally the resolution of the images from standing MRIs in inferior to the lay down ones...meaning that you may not get diagnosic images, especially when looking for a soft tissue injury that may require fine detal. If you are shopping around, ask each place about magnet size...bigger magnet is better images. But the specialist/vet reading the images is equally, if not more important. You need to go to a vet who has a LOT of experience reading MRIs.
Good luck!
What she said ^^^^^^ subtle changes are over looked by the person who doesnt see very many. For instance, Animal Imaging (my preference) is like the Lexington KY of the south- they read about 5-10 per day and my Oklahoma vet might see 2 a month. So it was easy for me to choose. I have had 3 done in about 10 years. Worth EVERY penny for the time and money wasted otherwise!! I think ours were $1500 for both feet. Anesthesia is the scariest part always, IMO> But ours were covered by insurance. |
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| I had to have 2 MRIs done on 2 different horses last year. Oakridge did a great job!!! With both horses they were wonderful with letting me know when they were going in and as soon as they had woke up. I guess I'm an over protective horse mom. Lol! |
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Location: midwest mama | Anyone else? |
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Location: south arkansas | I had an MRI on my mare in February, we stayed over night at the clinic as they had to lay her down for the test. we suspected a tear in the DDFT and it was confirmed with MRI. My horse had no problems with the procedure and the clinic was very good to let me know when she went in and when she was standing again. Good Luck! |
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  Whack and Roll
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Location: NE Texas | I have had two done in Los Colinas, TX and both were laying down. Results were micro fractures and severe bone edema that didn't show up on x-ray. We suspected soft tissue damage, but didn't find any at all, just the bone micro fragments and edema in the distal P2 (lower pastern that sits down into coffin joint). |
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