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Tuesday, February 11th, 2020

When a rare American Mammoth Jackstock donkey became increasingly lame, her owner turned to Dr. Carl Kirker-Head for help.

Equine Clinical Case Challenge: A Case of Hoof Abscesses and Limb Lameness

Wednesday, January 29th, 2020

A 21 year- old Thoroughbred mare presented to Tufts Equine Center with a history of lameness and repeated hoof abscessation of her left front foot.

Lateral radiograph of the left front foot with an ovoid, partially mineralized soft tissue opacity at the dorsoproximal aspect of the third phalanx and a corresponding curvilinear lucent defect (*) in the dorsoproximal border of the third phalanx.