Check Ligament Query

[MaverickMD]

Hi

Can anyone tell me what you would expect to see / behaviour - if horse has a check ligament injury please?

Thanks

 

[Halfstep]

Usually you will see swelling and/or heat. The horse might not be lame at the outset. It is the suspensory that doesn't always have visible swelling.

 

[jillianc]

My horse ruptured her check ligament badly (80% tear) and was surprisingly only very slightly lame, I only noticed it when I went to ride her, she looked sound being led in walk but was short whe trotted up. You are looking for a swelling on the inside of the cannon bone, a couple of inches below the knee and fairly central, ie, between the cannon bone and the tendon. It can be easily mis-diagnosed as a minor rupture of the superficial digital flexor tendon. My horses injury was confirmed with an ultra sound scan. If you would like to know more about it then message me. Its not as bad as you might first assume.