{"id":42,"date":"2026-06-14T01:36:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T01:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/?p=42"},"modified":"2026-07-11T14:41:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T14:41:14","slug":"the-reality-of-equine-radiography-a-vets-perspective-on-x-rays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/?p=42","title":{"rendered":"The Reality of Equine Radiography: A Vet&#8217;s Perspective on X-Rays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Can horse x-rays really predict future performance? In this episode of Equine Vet Life, Dr. Jenna visits a farm to perform a complete set of radiographs on a young horse before she begins more serious training. Along the way, you&#8217;ll learn why veterinarians take x-rays on healthy horses, what they&#8217;re looking for during pre-purchase exams, how equine radiography works, and some of the biggest misconceptions horse owners have about x-ray findings. We discuss common conditions seen on radiographs, when x-rays can help identify potential issues, and why a &#8220;bad&#8221; x-ray doesn&#8217;t always mean a horse can&#8217;t have a successful career. Join us behind the scenes for a real look at equine veterinary medicine and see what 40 x-rays revealed about this promising young horse.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yra4RoWNAts?si=nqgIFczhDj-uIPEr\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can horse x-rays really predict future performance? In this episode of Equine Vet Life, Dr. Jenna visits a farm to perform a complete set of radiographs on a young horse before she begins more serious training. Along the way, you&#8217;ll learn why veterinarians take x-rays on healthy horses, what they&#8217;re looking for during pre-purchase exams,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44,"href":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42\/revisions\/44"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/43"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equinevetlife.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}