Species: Horse
Breed: Quarter Horse
Gender: Male
Age: 13 years
Clinical Case
- Admitted due to the presence of chronic hock wounds caused by a walking problem.
- The owners report difficulty in taking up position and a tendency to give way on the carpal bones that are swollen.
- Topical treatments with RHD cream without evident clinical improvement.
- At the time of starting therapy, the left hock was affected by a lesion of approximately 1.5 x 1.5 cm, the right hock had no lesions but the skin was very thin.
Therapeutic Protocol
- MLS® Laser Therapy with M-VET device: 5 treatments approximately 3 days apart.
- “Traumatic wound” points program.
- Locally, daily applications of Triticum vulgare and phenoxyethanol (ointment) and protection
Results
- The lesion on the left hock closed quickly and then healed completely; the skin on the right hock thickened quickly.
- The hair began to grow back on the area affected by the lesions on both hocks.
- After 6 months there were no recurrences of the wounds
Courtesy of Dr Alice Faoro, private practitioner, San Foca (Pordenone) – Italy
