This presentation reviews the role of radiography and ultrasonography in assessing the equine stifle, highlighting a “radiograph first, ultrasound second” diagnostic workflow.
Key anatomical landmarks, scanning techniques, and common sources of artefact are outlined to improve image acquisition and interpretation.
The lecture covers recognition of clinically significant pathology such as meniscal tears, patellar ligament injury, collateral ligament damage, and subchondral bone lesions. Emphasis is placed on correlating imaging findings with clinical examination to inform prognosis and treatment planning. The lecture will also cover ultrasound guided and assisted approaches to the stifle joints.
This lecture was part of the DACH Conference 2025 and was originally held on December 13, 2025.
Language: English
1 hour according to § 10(2) of the ATF Statutes as mandatory continuing education for ATF members.
ATF hours are recognized by the ÖTK as educational hours.
Recognition according to the guidelines of the Society of Swiss Veterinarians is possible.
The accreditation of CE Points is approved under the condition of a positive completion of the test in the specified period and is valid from January 19, 2026 - January 19, 2027
Referent:In
Andrew Fiske-Jackson
BVSc, MVetMed, FHEA, Dipl.ECVS, MRCVS
Andy graduated from the University of Liverpool in 2004 and worked for the Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad in Morocco for the following three months. He then worked in mixed practice for 2 years.
In July 2006 he undertook an eighteen-month internship at the Liphook Equine Hospital followed by a six-month ambulatory position. He then completed a three-year Equine Surgery Residency and Master of Veterinary Medicine at the Royal Veterinary College.
He took up the position of Staff Clinician in Equine Surgery in February 2012 becoming a lecturer in 2014, a Senior lecturer in 2017 and an Associate Professor in Equine Surgery in 2021. In 2019 he became the Deputy Head of the RVC Equine Referral Hospital.
He is an RCVS and European Specialist in Equine Surgery with a particular interest in the use of the objective gait analysis system and its role in working up poor performance cases, orthopaedic ultrasonogaphy and the role of back and sacroiliac pain in poor performance.
