EQUINE | Radiography
a
b
Tips: The assistant picks up
the hindlimb and supports it
with one arm under the hock,
holding the X-ray plate flat
against the dorsal aspect of
the fetlock with the other/hold
the limb so that the cannon is
vertical
c
Hindlimb
Importance of obtaining multiple
exposures with varying degrees of
proximo/distal angulation illustrated
here: both images on right are from same
study, with fissure (arrow) only clearly
visible in image (b)
a
b
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