Photographs show Molly, a horse with a prosthetic leg.Origins: When Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast in August 2005, it disrupted the lives of not just human beings, but those of a variety ...

Palaeobiologists have uncovered new evidence that suggests that horses' legs have adapted over time to be optimized for endurance travel, rather than speed.

Equine locomotion seems like a sophisticated thing. All those delicate bones, joints, tendons, and muscles must move in tandem to propel the horse's large body forward at varying speeds.

Mammals, including humans, stand out with their distinctively upright posture, a key trait that fueled their spectacular evolutionary success. Yet, the earliest known ancestors of modern mammals more ...

McHorse and her co-authors modeled horse movement to shed light on how body mass changed the anatomy of horses’ legs and to test the importance of side digits in bearing weight.

Internationally-renowned experts in the field of equine limb anatomy, biomechanics, locomotion and lameness from Great Britain, Italy and Germany, were specially flown in by EVMC, to conduct ...

Once the horse develops supporting limb laminits, treatment is much like other forms of laminitis and includes non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and cryotherapy (cold therapy) to keep the ...

Brett said 81 had two options: euthanasia or limb replacement. In equestrian sports -- because it's in the horse's blood to run -- losing a leg can be a death sentence.

The researchers also traced the gradual metamorphosis of equine limbs over 55 million years of evolution, showing that the digits had merged.

Many of the terms at present employed in the various English text-books on the anatomy of the domestic animals are admittedly unsatisfactory; yet British veterinary writers persist in their use ...

A horse named Shine was attacked by a dog near Pueblo and his damaged hoof had to be amputated. But thanks to the veterinary teaching hospital at Colorado State University, Shine can trot on.

Scientists agree that humans, horses and other mammals are descendants of a common, distant ancestor with five fingers per limb.