Idiopathic infectious arthritis of the coxofemoral joint in a mature horse
| Autor: | N. S. Woodford, R. D. Parker, J. Puzio |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
040301 veterinary sciences Equine business.industry 0402 animal and dairy science Horse 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences medicine.disease 040201 dairy & animal science Nonsurgical treatment Surgery 0403 veterinary science Lameness Infectious arthritis medicine Synovial fluid Septic arthritis Serum amyloid A business Coxofemoral Joint |
| Zdroj: | Equine Veterinary Education. 29:544-548 |
| ISSN: | 0957-7734 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/eve.12527 |
| Popis: | Summary The authors are aware of only one previously described case of idiopathic infectious arthritis of the coxofemoral joint in a mature horse. The case described herein presented with clinical signs that localised pain to the proximal limb, subtle increased radiopharmaceutical uptake at the coxofemoral joint and an increase of the major acute phase protein, serum amyloid A in the horse's blood biochemistry. The latter finding led the authors to search initially for an infective process. Ultrasound guided aspiration of the coxofemoral joint yielded infected synovial fluid. Despite the duration of the condition, nonsurgical treatment allowed the horse to return to its previous, relatively modest, level of activity. This case is presented to supplement the single previously published case report of idiopathic adult coxofemoral infectious arthritis in the horse. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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