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    Stifling a problem

    Jul 21, 2022 4 minutes

    VET notes

    WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

    • What the stifle joint is

    • How it works

    • What can go wrong

    MEET THE EXPERT

    CAMERON ROBERTS

    MRCVS graduated in 2016 from the Royal Veterinary College and quickly gravitated towards equine practice. He has a particular passion for orthopaedics and is working towards advanced practitioner status in lameness diagnosis and therapeutics. He works in Yorkshire and usually isn’t too far from a race yard. Beyond work, he has two miniature Dachshunds, and two horses.

    ALTHOUGH WE COMMONLY refer to the carpus in the front leg as ‘the knee’, the stifle is actually the horse’s equivalent to our knee. Found at the

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