Equine Orthopaedics and Rheumatology Q&A 12

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A horse was at pasture with other horses when it was found with a large soft tissue swelling, associated with a small skin wound, over the proximo-lateral aspect of the metacarpus, six weeks previously. A short course of potentiated sulphonamides was prescribed, but the wound failed to heal.


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