Space Date 101802: Docking Bay OSU VTH, 0900-1200 hrs
Tagged along for some rounds. Learned that EPM stand for Equine Parasitic Myopathy (I think.) It's a parasite that attacks and destroys nerves in the spinal cord. It can be very damaging. Walked a horse (first time at the clinic). Observed lameness tests (bending joints then trotting). Observed and sort of assisted in a minor surgery. They were making a healing wound look nicer. The wound was healing, but had an extra fold of skin that was rolling under. They took out that extra roll and sewed the edges of the cut together, making it heal more neatly. The "assisted" part that I got to do was hold the horse's head up so she wouldn't lean on the stocks and cut off her airway. And that's it for today!
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