Concurrent radiological and ultrasonographical findings in the forelimb proximal sesamoid bones and adjacent suspensory ligament branches in yearling and 2-year-old Thoroughbred sales horses.

The existence and prevalence of concurrent radiological and ultrasonographical findings in the proximal sesamoid bones and adjacent suspensory ligament branches in yearling and 2-year-old Thoroughbred sales horses has been established. General recommendations have been made for selective branch ultrasonography on the basis of radiological sesamoid appearance. The results support a separate aetiology for radiological sesamoid abaxial concavity that does not primarily involve the suspensory branch insertion.