What does bone-scintigraphy used on horses entail?
There are different possibilities to determine the cause of the lameness in a horse. Usually the local veterinary surgeon will do a thorough clinical examination using diagnostic methods such as nerve blocking and/or joint anaesthetization to identify the exact location of the pain causing lameness. X-ray and ultrasound analysis are also used regularly to examine the lame horse. Often the above mentioned diagnostic methods are enough to determine the cause of lameness. But it is becoming more frequent that horses with long term lameness of unknown origin as well as horses with rideability problems due to neck and back problems are referred to the clinic to undergo scintigraphy. Scintigraphy can be useful for the diagnosis of specific lameness of the front and back legs, where the injured site can not be reached by x-rays. Under these circumstances scintigraphy is a useful complementary examination tool that can determine the cause of lameness or rideability problems. Scintigraphy can a
