In these horses, neck pain can often be due simply to wear and tear causing osteoarthritis in the articular joints between one or more vertebra (the articular facets). Neck pain will most often ...

Horses have seven cervical vertebrae, 18 thoracic vertebrae and six lumbar vertebrae. These vertebrae convey the spinal cord within and each vertebra articulates with the ones adjacent via ...

POWAY, CA (PRWEB) SEPTEMBER 01, 2015 VetStem Biopharma announces new Clinical Research program for Equine Cervical Facet joint disease. Equine cervical facet joint problems can be caused by ...

Editor's Note: This article is part of TheHorse.com's ongoing coverage of topics presented at the British Equine Veterinary Association's 51st annual Congress, held Sept. 12-15 in Birmingham, U.K.

• Trapped nerves: occasionally a horse will find itself stuck with the neck in a horizontal position or just below the horizontal. The horse will be obviously distressed and in severe pain ...

But both sloths and manatees are exceptions to this rule having abnormal numbers of cervical vertebrae. New research shows how such different species have evolved their unusual necks.

Cervical facet injections (accurate placement of anti-inflammatory medication most often corticosteroids injected into the facet joints between the cervical vertebrae) these are typically performed ...