A 2-week-old female calf was referred to the Clinic for Ruminants at the Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Berne, Switzerland, with difficulty standing and muscle tremors since birth. Prior treatment by the private veterinarian with selenium, calcium, magnesium, and vitamins had not led to any improvement. The general status at arrival to the clinic was slightly reduced, though the calf was aler...

Subchondral bone pain is often the result of a stress-adaptation mismatch injury involving the condyles of the third metacarpal/metatarsal bones, frequently involving both forelimbs or both hindlimbs, or all four limbs. Therefore the presenting complaint is usually loss of action or decline in performance, rather than overt lameness. The horse may have a short scratchy trot and prefer to canter...

Subluxation of the proximal interphalangeal joint (PIPJ or pastern joint) is an uncommon condition that occurs in the forelimb or hindlimb. Thoroughbred racehorses rarely show dorsal pastern subluxation (Thoroughbred ringbone) secondarily to an injury to the soft tissues supporting the fetlock. A 4-year-old Thoroughbred mare was presented with signs of lameness, swelling of the dorsal aspect of...

REASONS FOR PERFORMING STUDY Lateral heel wedges are used to treat horses and ponies with patella fixation or bone spavin. However, these therapies are purely empirically based and lack scientific evidence. OBJECTIVES Lateral heel wedges would change joint motion in the sagittal, but mainly in the transversal planes, in healthy horses. This effect would be increased by restricted feeding and ...

doi:10.3415/VCOT-13-10-0125 Osteoarthritis is a progressive, degenerative disease of joints that significantly impacts quality of life in both companion animals and people. Articular cartilage damage is the hallmark of osteoarthritis, but the disease generates pathological changes in several articular and peri-articular tissues as well, such as the synovium, joint capsule, and subchondral bone....