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Osteoarthritis (OA) causes lameness in horses, leading to poor performance and often shortening sport horse careers. In this excerpt from Ask TheHorse Live, Sarah le Jeune, DVM, CVA, Cert. Vet Chiro, Dipl. ACVS, ACVSMR, of the University of California, Davis, explains how owners can help protect a young horse’s joints from OA development later in life.
This podcast is an excerpt of our Ask TheHorse Live Q&A, “Preventive Equine Joint Care.” Listen to the full recording here.
About the ExpertsSarah le Jeune, DVM, CVA, Cert. Vet Chiro, Dipl. ACVS, ACVSMR, focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of lameness and various performance-related musculoskeletal injuries by an integrative whole horse approach. She is the chief of the Equine Integrative Sports Medicine Service at the University of California, Davis, and is also a board-certified equine surgeon and member of the UC Davis Equine Surgery faculty since 2003. She is certified in veterinary acupuncture, veterinary chiropractic and in thermographic imaging. She is the founder and chair of the International Task Force on Laterality in Sport horses.
Haylie Kerstetter, Digital Editor, holds a degree in equine studies with a concentration in communications and a minor in social media marketing. She is a Pennsylvania native and, as a horse owner herself, has a passion for helping owners provide the best care for their horses. When she is not writing or in the barn, she is spending time with her dog, Clementine.
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