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Checking progress after surgery

Matamata veterinarian Dan Shaw uses an ultrasound machine to check on the progress of racehorse Xcellent after using a new stem-cell procedure to repair a leg injury. Expensive surgical procedures can be justified on valuable animals such as racehorses.

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New Zealand Herald
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Photograph by Alan Gibson

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Hamish Mavor and Bob Gumbrell. 'Veterinary services', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 1-Mar-09
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/veterinary-services/5/4