Weston Davis Equine Surgery

Weston Davis Equine Surgery Weston Davis is a board certified equine surgeon based out of Palm Beach Equine Clinic. This page highlights interesting surgical procedures/outcomes.

Weston Davis Equine Surgery

Introducing Sylvia Parker Davis ♥️ 11/19/25
11/29/2025

Introducing Sylvia Parker Davis ♥️ 11/19/25

11/25/2025

Another update on Tucker the 11 year old Dutch Harness Horse who was suffering repeated episodes of collapse from airway obstruction. He was also coughing while eating which suggested feed aspiration.Tucker had paralysis of both sides of his larynx. The chosen treatment option was a permanent tracheostomy. The full surgery video is posted on our page. Here is a before and after of him eating! For more information and updates on Tucker check out The Liberty Barn - Horse and Farm Animal Rescue and Sanctuary

New supervisor on duty
11/01/2025

New supervisor on duty

𝐓𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫 is an 11-year-old Dutch Harness Horse who is a resident at the Liberty Barn Sanctuary. He came into their care af...
10/27/2025

𝐓𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫 is an 11-year-old Dutch Harness Horse who is a resident at the Liberty Barn Sanctuary. He came into their care after suffering repeated episodes of collapse due to airway obstruction. He was also coughing while eating, suggesting feed aspiration.   

This endoscopy shows he has paralysis on both sides of his larynx - the left side is worse than the right.  The ultrasound suggests denervation athrophy/fibrosis of the laryngeal musculature (cricoarytenoiudeus lateralis m.), also with the left most severely affected.  

Image 2: Laryngeal ultrasound of Tucker.  There is  atrophy/fibrosis of the laryngeal musculature (cricoarytenoideus lateralis m.), more marked on the left.  Muscle atrophy and fibrosis is apparent on ultrasound when a normal muscle (black on ultrasound) is replaced with fibrotic scar type tissue (white on ultrasound).  
Note: left larynx is pictured left, right larynx is pictured right
Yellow star - arytenoid cartilage
Blue star - thyroid cartilage
Red outline - CAL muscle

Image 3: Tucker breathing through very narrow slit at the opening to his trachea (rima glottis) due to dysfunction of the left and right arytenoids.  

Red arrow - Rima glottis (opening to trachea)
Yellow stars - Arytenoids
Blue stars - Vocal folds
Green star - Epiglottis

Stay tuned for his surgery video. There are numerous options….  Leave a guess as to what procedure was chosen for Tucker!   We will follow-up with which direction we went… and why.

🎉 Congratulations Dr. Chanutin for the completion of a huge project and contribution to our veterinary literature!!! 📚Pu...
07/24/2025

🎉 Congratulations Dr. Chanutin for the completion of a huge project and contribution to our veterinary literature!!!

📚Published in Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, this is a great read for expected performance outcomes in the sport horse following colic surgery. 🙂

Great work.

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