Science-in-brief: Bisphosphonate use in the racehorse: Safe or unsafe?
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Publication Date: 2017-06-13 PubMed ID: 28603949DOI: 10.1111/evj.12682Google Scholar: Lookup
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APA
McLellan J.
(2017).
Science-in-brief: Bisphosphonate use in the racehorse: Safe or unsafe?
Equine Vet J, 49(4), 404-407.
https://doi.org/10.1111/evj.12682 Publication
Researcher Affiliations
- Florida Equine Veterinary Associates, Ocala, Florida, USA.
MeSH Terms
- Animals
- Back Pain / drug therapy
- Back Pain / veterinary
- Bone Density Conservation Agents / pharmacology
- Bone Density Conservation Agents / therapeutic use
- Bone Remodeling / drug effects
- Bone Resorption / drug therapy
- Bone Resorption / prevention & control
- Bone Resorption / veterinary
- Diphosphonates / pharmacology
- Diphosphonates / therapeutic use
- Fractures, Stress / drug therapy
- Fractures, Stress / prevention & control
- Fractures, Stress / veterinary
- Horse Diseases / drug therapy
- Horses
- Humans
- Off-Label Use / ethics
- Off-Label Use / veterinary
- Osteoarthritis / drug therapy
- Osteoarthritis / veterinary
- Osteochondrosis / drug therapy
- Osteochondrosis / veterinary
- Sports
Citations
This article has been cited 4 times.- Vergara-Hernandez FB, Nielsen BD, Colbath AC. Is the Use of Bisphosphonates Putting Horses at Risk? An Osteoclast Perspective. Animals (Basel) 2022 Jul 3;12(13).
- Story MR, Haussler KK, Nout-Lomas YS, Aboellail TA, Kawcak CE, Barrett MF, Frisbie DD, McIlwraith CW. Equine Cervical Pain and Dysfunction: Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment. Animals (Basel) 2021 Feb 6;11(2).
- Tou K, Cawley A, Noble G, Loy J, Bishop D, Keledjian J, Sornalingam K, Richards S, Fu S. Lipid and Corticosteroid Biomarkers Under the Influence of Bisphosphonates. Drug Test Anal 2025 Jul;17(7):1107-1117.
- Tippen SP, Metzger CE, Sacks SA, Allen MR, Mitchell CF, McNulty MA. Clinically relevant doses of tiludronate do not affect bone remodelling in pasture-exercised horses. Equine Vet J 2025 Mar;57(2):513-521.
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