Equine Lameness and Rehabilitation

Willem Back (DVM, Cert. Pract. KNMvD (Equine Practice), PhD, Spec. KNMvD (Equine Surgery), Dipl. ECVS) graduated met genoegen as a DVM from Utrecht University in 1987. Currently, he is assistant professor at the Department of Equine Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University. As staff surgeon he has special interest in lameness and rehabilitation, fracture repair and hoof orthopaedics. He is Past President of the Netherlands Equine Veterinary Association and Founding President of the Federation of European Equine Veterinary Associations. For ECVS he served as Chairman of the Large Animal Exam Committee and is currently its President of the Board.

a. Clinical Anatomy.

b. Functional Conformation.

c. Required sports performance.

d. Pre Purchase Exam / Soundness & Fitness.

2. When it goes wrong?.

a. Definition.

b. General causes.

c. Acute.

d. Chronic.

3. What is the cause?.

a. Clinical Diagnosis Examination.

b. Front limbs.

c. Hind limbs.

d. Neck and Back.

e. Muscles.

f. Neural system.

4. What are treatment options?.

a. Shoeing.

b. Medications.

c. Surgery.

d. Rehabilitation.

e. Feeding.

f. Alternative medicine.

5. When does it all come together?.

a. Holistic approach in diagnosis and treatments.

b. Time, Money, Emotional investment.

c. Circumstances and Environment.

d. Living Tissue Concept.

e. Insurance / Guarantee for performance.

f. Safety & Transport.

g. Ethics and Welfare.

h. SWOT analysis

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