Equine dental pathology frequently goes undiagnosed. The reasons for this range from a lack of knowledge and appropriate instrumentation to the common dislike many practitioners have for equine dentistry. Dental pathology, however, is very common as shown in multiple cadaver head studies. Pathologic findings include 60% with periodontal disease and 79% with infindibular caries over age 15; 12.9...

Ligamentous injury of the tarsometatarsal joint complex 1s an uncommon, but disabling condition that frequently oeeurs In elite athlegs. There are few options for managing these injuries, in part because the relative mechanical contribution of the ligaments af the tarsomcJtatars'sal joint is unknown, complicating decisions regarding which ligaments need reconstruction. In the current study, str...

Multiple anomalies in the celiac arterial system presents as rare vascular malformations, depicting deviations of the normal vascular developmental pattern. We found a common left gastro-phrenic trunk and a hepato-spleno-mesenteric trunk arising separately from the abdominal aorta in one cadaver. We also found a common hepatic artery and a gastro-splenic trunk arising individually from the abdo...

In a series of 404 consecutive first cadaver kidney transplants performed since 1967 the actuarial five- and 10-year survival of patients were 61% and 47% respectively and of grafts 46% and 36%. In more than four-fifths of the patients surviving these intervals the original cadaveric grafts were functioning at these times, and most of the remainder were sustained by subsequent grafts. Although ...