By Jacqueline T. Linkous, MRCVS With the 2011 OBS August Yearling Sale looming, I thought I would briefly discuss the prepurchase endoscopic examination in this article to shed some light on how thoughts have changed on the subject in recent years.  Endoscopy (scoping) is used by veterinarians in the sales setting to examine the structures [...]

By Jacqueline T. Linkous, MRCVS Long bone growth occurs at highly specialized regions at one or both ends of the bone. These regions are called the physes, or metaphyseal growth plates. The process of endochondral ossification which occurs at the physes or growth plates is characterized by rapidly maturing and differentiating cartilage cells and the [...]