{
  "id": 15955052,
  "title": "Proximal sesamoid bone fatigue in Thoroughbred racehorses is associated with palmar osteochondral disease in the adjacent third metacarpal bone condyle",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/proximal-sesamoid-bone-fatigue-in-thoroughbred-racehorses-is",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.20.760467v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Abstract Background: Proximal sesamoid bone (PSB) stress fracture is a common catastrophic injury in racing Thoroughbreds that is associated with bone sclerosis and development of focal osteolysis. Standing computed tomography (sCT) enables sensitive identification of these structural changes and associations with other more common fetlock fatigue injury such as palmar/plantar osteochondral…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}