Madeline Courville

[Madeline Courville @poorvetstudent1]

Mare with a chronic cough came in for chest rads, u/s, scope and BAL. What would you expect to see with these diagnostics in a horse with COPD?#2019eq2b4

[Madeline Courville @poorvetstudent1]

Foot and hock radiographs for our multi-limb lameness from the other day. What radiographic changes might you expect to see for navicular disease? What about for proximal suspensory ligament desmitis? #2019eq2b4

[Madeline Courville @poorvetstudent1]

Shots! Shots! Shots! Shots! Shots! Vaccines and deworming for some fancy horses. What is the current reccomended deworming protocol? #2019eq2b4

[Madeline Courville @poorvetstudent1]

Lameness challenge: the gaited horse! What signs of lameness do you look for in a horses that does not trot? #2019eq2b4

[Madeline Courville @poorvetstudent1]

Nervous Nellie! What acupuncture point can you put a staple in for lasting calming effects? #2019eq2b4

[Madeline Courville @poorvetstudent1]

Chiropractic treeatment and acupuncture in a young horse with stifle treatments. When the stifles are painful, where do you expect compensatory muscle soreness? #2019eq2b4

[Madeline Courville @poorvetstudent1]

Possible abscess in a hind limb. The patient is NOT cooperative for treatments. How can you draw out the abscess while keeping human and horse safety in mind? #2019eq2b4

[Madeline Courville @poorvetstudent1]

OsPhos for a horse with navicular disease. Whats the MOA of this drug? Why would you choose it over another bisphosphonate? #2019eq2b4

[Madeline Courville @poorvetstudent1]

Electro-acupuncture in a horse with tight epaxial muscles. He's feelin those good vibrations! #2019eq2b4

[Madeline Courville @poorvetstudent1]

Complicated hind limb lameness in a QH mare, hock injections and SI injections have not helped her pain. We injected Depo-medrol as a caudal epidural. What's the MOA of Depo? What are our landmarks for this injection? How will this tx work? #2019eq2b4

[Madeline Courville @poorvetstudent1]

Subchondral lucency present on fetlock radiographs of a 3/5 lame older retired gelding. What are the treatment options? #2019eq2b4

[Madeline Courville @poorvetstudent1]

Very interesting (and complicated!) lameness case. 3/5 on the RF, blocks 90% to a PD. Drags both hind limbs with R>L, and 2/5 RH. How do you perform a tibial block? What structures are affected? #2019eq2b4

[Madeline Courville @poorvetstudent1]

A horse "floats" with his left front limb, drifts to the left when walking and stumbles left when his tail is pulled while walking. What side is the lesion? #2019eq2b4

[Madeline Courville @poorvetstudent1]

What can cause blockage of a nasolacrimal duct? How do you treat it? #2019eq2b4

[Madeline Courville @poorvetstudent1]

SAA is through the roof on a cellulitis horse. What is SAA a marker of? How do we use it in equine medicine? #2019EQ2B4

[Madeline Courville @poorvetstudent1]

Horses have a real knack for getting into trouble. We rechecked a wound from Monday, and the pocket was still huge! What problems do you run into with wound healing if you don't address the dead space? #2019EQ2B4

[Madeline Courville @poorvetstudent1]

Tendon and ligament injuries take time to heal properly! Two recheck ultrasounds today-one suspensory ligament tear and one superficial digital flexor tendon core lesion. What signs of healing are we looking for on ultrasound? How soon can these horses go back to work? #2019EQ2B4

[Madeline Courville @poorvetstudent1]

Beautiful show horses at Menlo Circus Club! Everyone gets a Coggins test! EIA testing is no joke! #2019EQ2B4

[Madeline Courville @poorvetstudent1]

Lame horse looking better now, what are the stages of tendon/ligament healing? What would you expect to see on ultrasound? #2019eq2b4

[Madeline Courville @poorvetstudent1]

Pre-purchase exam with an interesting history: performance problems, bone scan, cervical injections... looks sound today! What pharmaceuticals would we look for on a screen? #2019eq2b4