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[RC] RE:[RC] Anyone heard of any successful treatment for OCD of the Stifles - patricia - Ridecamp Guest

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Hi Patricia,

I don't know what the latest is on OCD stifle treatment but many years ago-late 
eighties early nineties- I had two different client horses with this ailment at 
different times.  One was an adult Arabian stallion, the other a yearling 
Arabian filly.

At that time we had surgery done and we flew out the then considered expert 
from Coloradao to So Cal . His name was Dr. C. Wayne McIlwraith. (We had one 
surgery done at Alamo Pintado and another done at a facilty across from Los 
Alamitos Race Track)  The filly had the worst ones (largest) he had seen at 
that time and she recovered 100% from the surgery.  The stallion had it also in 
both stifles and he went on and continued to have a successful dressage career.

Please make sure you check BOTH stifles as this tends to be bi-lateral. We 
learned this the hard way with the stallion as the vet that initially checked 
him out only x rayed one stifle. That one was surgically fixed and it was THEN 
that the other stifle lameness was noticed and the poor guy had to have ANOTHER 
surgery!

Best wishes!


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