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- What is the usual cause of DJD in food animals...horses?
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food animals= infection or trauma
horses= conformation -
What are the common names for DJD in the following joints:
coffin
pastern
fetlock
knee
hock -
coffin=low ringbone
pastern= high ringbone
fetlock= osslets
knee=carpitis
hock= spavin - When evaluating lamanitic horses who are sinking, what ratio of measurements can be helpful and what whould the value be?
- ratio of hoof wall thickness to the length of the distal phalanx. should be less than 0.30
- Side bone is usually seen in what horses?
- older horses and draft horses
- What 2 shapes of navicular channels are often seen and what is normal and abnormal?
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cone shaped= normal
lollipop shaped = abnormal - Where are saucer fractures commonly seen?
- the dorsomedial surface of the cannon bone.
- What are the most common stifle lesions in cattle?
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CCL rupture
rupture and mineralization of meniscus - Where are the most common sites of fracture regarding the carpus in thoroughbreds and standard breds?
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TB= dorso proximal and distal medial cormers of the radial carpal bone as well as the dorsal distal radius
SB= dorsal medial 3rd carpal bone - Why is it important to distinguish osteophytes from enthesophytes in the carpus?
- all osteophytes indicate DJD where enthesophytes may indicate DJD or past damage to the fibrous attachments
- OCD and stress remodeling of the distal cannon bones can give among others, what 3 radiographic signs?
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increased opacity of condyle
flattening of condyle
fragmented condyle