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Toward PARIS 2024 Equestrian Olympic Games with Dr Silvia do Valle!
Silvia do Valle is an equine veterinarian and a disabled horse-rider competing in para-dressage. She lives in Orlando, in Florida (USA). Born and raised at Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, in her childhood, she is aiming for the 2024 Paralympic
Management of a tenosynovitis combined with a tendonitis of a limb
Focus on the management of a mare combining: severe chronic tenosynovitis, chronic tendinopathies of the superficial and deep flexor tendons of the same limb. A challenge requiring collaboration between equine veterinary medicine and farriery, provided by the equine clinic from
Managing Race and Western Riding Horses with Dr. Kerry Pride
Specialized in the sports monitoring of race horses and western riding horses, Kerry Pride, an equine veterinarian practicing in Montana in the United States, shares with us how she manages these equine athletes to keep them at their best level.
The collaboration between equine veterinarians and farriers
It is not a surprise, horse locomotion and good hoof health are closely linked! The farrier takes care of the trimmings and the follow-up of the shoeing, while the veterinarian ensures the proper locomotor follow-up of the horse and assesses
Are the connected boots Tendiboots™ able to detect small changes in the gait signature of horses?
The ability of the connected boots Tendiboots™ to detect the gait signature specific to each horse was demonstrated in 2018. Indeed, during this study, Ekico’s smart boots were able to recognize more than 9 times out of 10 which gait
The negative palmar angle
We sometimes hear about a negative palmar angle. Is it a serious hoof problem? how can it be treated? Jason Thouvenot, farrier based in France, agreed to answer Ekico’s questions on this subject. What is a negative palmar angle? We