Ultrasound guided injections are a common method of treating osteoarthritis in the equine cervical vertebrae. Typically, veterinary students, grad students, interns, faculty and graduate vets train for this procedure using cadavers which is a race against time itself.  Add to that a delay in gaining feedback on the results and the advantages of a 3D printed model become very clear.

“As of this morning, there are 122 horses and 50 ruminants in Napa shelters and similar numbers in Solano County as well,” said Dr. Claudia Sonder, NCAEP Disaster Response Committee Chair.  “The fires are still burning, and many animals sadly have been left behind and are yet to be discovered.”

In both humans and horses, heatstroke following heavy exercise in hot environments is accompanied by severe endotoxemia – the presence of bacterial toxins  from the gut in the bloodstream. The process actually begins long before the point of life-threatening heat stroke is reached.