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Busting Myths About Kissing Spines

As digital radiography technology has advanced, increasing numbers of horse owners are becoming worried about “kissing spines ...
Over the past two years, two of the horses I have helped place off the track were later diagnosed with overriding dorsal spinous processes (ORDSP) – casually referenced as kissing spines. One was ...
The vet comes, does x-rays which show a reduced space between vertebrae, and diagnoses the horse with kissing spines. The result is often panic and misguided anger to the horse’s track connections ...