Osteochondrosis and juvenile spavin in equids.

Autor: Watrous BJ; College of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University, Corvallis 97331-4802., Hultgren BD, Wagner PC
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: American journal of veterinary research [Am J Vet Res] 1991 Apr; Vol. 52 (4), pp. 607-12.
Abstrakt: Thirty-six of 50 young equids examined at necropsy for gross pathologic and histopathologic evidence of osteochondrosis were determined to have lesions characteristic of this disorder in the distal joints of the tarsus. Abnormalities ranged from retained endochondral cores underlying undisturbed articular cartilage surfaces to clefts, subchondral osseous cyst-like lesions, and cartilage ulceration. Our findings supported the conclusion that osteochondrosis may cause spavin in the juvenile equid.
Databáze: MEDLINE