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The Horse First: A Veterinary Sport Horse Podcast Audrey DeClue, DVM
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Dr. Audrey DeClue hosts this podcast designed to help owners, riders, trainers, and others understand their horse's needs better.
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Kissing Spine in Sport Horses, Part 2: Do you ride the Horse or the Radiograph?
In part 2 of this series, Dr. DeClue continues her deep dive into kissing spine, including some eye-opening data regarding its prevalence across the world.
Some highlights in this episode include:
The prevalence of back diseases in horses. 5:37 Impingement of the dorsal spine. 10:55 Kissing Spine Syndrome in thoroughbreds. 14:43 Kissing spine in horses in Malaysia. 21:45 Radiographic findings supporting a developmental vs. acquired etiology. 33:05 The 2023 paper from italy on kissing spine. 42:43 Are kissing spine lesions painful? 47:16 Stretching the dorsal spine. 52:43 -
Kissing Spine in Sport Horses
Countless hours of research have culminated in today's episode on kissing spine in sport horses. Dr. Audrey DeClue pulls knowledge from decades, centuries, and millennia of data on kissing spine to learn more about this affliction that has impacted dogs, cats, humans, otters, horses, and even dinosaurs.
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Lead Change Problems in Sport Horses
If your horse seems stiff, uneven, and doesn't track straight, you're probably also having issues with lead changes. It's another long-thought mystery issue impacting performance and sometimes leading to anxiety in horses during drills. As always, Dr. Audrey DeClue brings a practical, common-sense aproach to examining your horse and getting to the bottom of lead change problems in sport horses.
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Expectations in Injured Sport Horses with Dr Kate Workman
Following a very popular episode previously (Episode 46), Dr. Audrey DeClue talks again with Dr. Kate Workman (Denali Equine in Southern Pines, NC) about cases cases they have treated. They discuss shivers, treatements, lameness, and more with the goal of helping you understand the expectations of performance horses and sport horses that have been significantly injured or have chronic lameness. After proper treatment and rehab, some horses went back into performance or competition.
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Episode 52: Cantering Issues and Problems in Sport Horses
Dr. Audrey DeClue discusses a common complaint among riders and veterenarians - cantering issues. Though, historically, much attention has been paid to the limbs, Dr. DeClue brings it back to to the body of the horse, where many of the lameness issues actually originate. She discusses her experience addressing cantering issues and what to consider if this is a problem in your horse.
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Shivers Horses and Its Association to the Cerebellum
In this episode, Dr. Audrey DeClue focuses specifically on the association of the cerebellum to shivers horses. She shines a light on the existing, published research on shivers and the trouble with conclusions based on a small sample size. She also includes an interview with longtime friend, Celeste, to provide a powerful story of what it is like to live with a degenerative cerebellar lesion.
Customer Reviews
Insights and Hope
I have learned so much from this podcast and have great respect for the work Audrey does to help our horses and educate the owners. To learn so many of our horses who have been written off and deemed broken are in fact able to heal is inspiring. I wish all vets, trainers, body workers, etc. open up to the possibilities that there are ways to to rehab and treat our equine partners and for us as owners to always keep advocating and asking questions. Thank you for the work that you do and taking time out to bring this information and these incredible stories forward.
Thank you! Thank you!
I am so happy to have stumbled upon this podcast! I was in tears listening to the first episode. I have fought tooth and nail for my horse’s health the past 8 years. He’s never been normal since the age of 5. Finally diagnosed this year, PPID/IR, with help of wonderful vet who listened to my concerns and observations.
Thank you Dr. DeClue for listening to horses and advocating for them. Thank you for educating other professionals and owners. Looking forward to more content!
Incredible Information - Thank You For Sharing Your Expertise!
Thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing your expertise and making this wealth of knowledge available to horse owners. I came across this podcast while I was searching for help in figuring out my horse’s body lameness. I know my horse and knew he was having back pain. After working with several vets who focused solely on his limbs, I was super frustrated and started doing my own research. This is how I stumbled across this podcast. The information I learned has helped me be a better advocate for my horse and I realized just how important it is for me to learn as much as I can about body lameness, back issues, and rehabilitation protocols. This podcast was instrumental in me getting my horse on a path to comfort and good health.
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