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Learn about veterinary surgery, the branch of medicine that deals with non-human animals, and its specialties, techniques, and challenges. Find out how veterinarians perform surgeries, use anesthetics, and treat various conditions in different species.
A femoral head ostectomy is a surgical operation to remove the head and neck from the femur. It is performed to alleviate pain, and is a salvage procedure, reserved for condition where pain can not be alleviated in any other way.
3. A draft horse is sometimes called a "heavy" horse. heavy hunter A heavily built hunter, typically bred by crossing a Thoroughbred with an Irish Draught (in UK) or any other suitable draft horse breed (in US). Also see clumper. Hendra virus or henipavirus A deadly disease to which both humans and horses are susceptible. [34] hinny, hinney
A graft is a surgical procedure to move tissue from one site to another without its own blood supply. Learn about the different types of grafts, such as skin, bone, vascular, and fat grafts, and their indications and complications.
Learn about the gross and microscopic anatomy of horses, ponies and other equids, including their bones and joints. Find out the names and functions of the external and internal anatomical features of horses, such as the splints, the poll, the coronet and the coccygeal vertebrae.
Neutering is the removal of a non-human animal's reproductive organ, either all of it or a considerably large part. Spaying is the surgical removal of the ovaries and sometimes uterus in female animals, while castration is the removal of the testes in male animals.
Bone grafting is a surgical procedure that replaces missing bone in order to repair bone fractures that are complex or fail to heal. Learn about the different types of bone grafts (autograft, allograft, xenograft, alloplast), the biological mechanisms (osteoconduction, osteoinduction, osteogenesis) and the methods of bone grafting.
The Canadian horse is a breed from Canada, descended from French horses imported in the 17th century. It is a strong, well-muscled horse, usually dark in colour, and used for riding and driving.