Dec 4, 2025
How One Horse’s Death Led NC State on a Search that Could Upend How Steroids are Used
Sometimes the path to breaking medical ground starts with breaking hearts. When Fiona, a young Quarter Horse used for competitive reining, developed sacroiliac joint pain, the experts at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine cared for her with corticosteroid injections into those joints, the accepted protocol. Fiona belonged to Karie Tucker, a registered veterinary…