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Sound on 10m trot circle on the lunge on concrete and soft today, on both reins. This is 24 hrs after last bute dose. Will have another test tomorrow and the next day to see if this is the real picture or residual bute. If ok, I will restart some work and see how we go.

Thanks Kelpie. I really don't know what's going on as the leg (not SDFT region) was swollen on 2 occasions, both after a day's hunting. First time I thought it was due to a shoe being wrenched off, but the second time this was not the case. Seems an odd diagnosis of collateral injury if the leg...

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Thanks, that's what my initial thought was but vet thought susp lig was ok. That was from palpation only and I understood you couldn't adequately feel those structures as they were too deep. Did your horse recover? I hope so. My understanding is that mild and intermittent lameness means mild...

Would this type of injury cause the lower limb to swell? I can't see anything anywhere that says it does.

Thanks for all the advice. I'm not sure what the problem is as she is so minimally lame. Also, the leg being swollen for that one day doesn't really fit with that diagnosis. If it is an injury there, maybe it's very slight. Vet didn't seem too worried as the lameness was so intermittent. I am...

Thanks. She is worse on soft going than on hard going on a small circle, but the lameness goes very quickly and is minimal. Sound on the flat in a straight line on any surface. Would collateral ligament damage cause med and lat swelling to forelimb? I thought it wouldn't. The swelling was gone...

Anyone had any experience of this? My horse pulled off a shoe hunting and the next day was lame with the left foreleg (fetlock to knee) swollen. Not badly, but enough to cause concern. |Lameness resolved within 3 days, swelling went virtually straight away. Would a collateral ligament injury...

It sounds like rainscald which is just mud fever on the body. Are the scabs coming off when you pick them and are wet or slimy underneath? Hibiscrub is the treatment plus a good hot wash of the rugs you are using or else you may re-infect. Rain scald or dermatophilosis is exacerbated by warm...

I took my 11 yr old mare hunting 2 weeks ago and we had a very good day. The going was good, there were no slips or falls etc, but we did lose a shoe and as we were on the soft most of the time I didn't realise until we got home. It looks like it came off cleanly. She was not at all lame or...