Lameness is one of the most important health problems in dairy cattle. Involvement by veterinarians varies from diagnosis and treatment of lameness conditions to consultation with dairy owners and managers on procedures for treatment, control and prevention. In large herds, the sheer number of lame cows is beyond what most veterinarians can cope with on a daily basis. Therefore, throughout much...

OBJECTIVE To describe clinical and diagnostic findings as well as management of adhesive capsulitis in dogs. BACKGROUND Adhesive capsulitis, also known as frozen shoulder, is a syndrome defined by loss of range of motion of the shoulder and may be the end-stage manifestation of several primary conditions. EVIDENTIARY VALUE This is a case series report of eight dogs with chronic forelimb lam...

background: programming and planning an appropriate structure for internship and purposeful assessments of students play a considerable role in developing their practical and theoretical knowledge level. one of the suitable alternatives for the traditional method is assessing internship through objective structured clinical examination (osce). therefore the aim of the present study is to perfor...

Lameness in cattle is a health issue where gait is modified to minimise pain. Cattle are currently visually assessed for locomotion score, which provides the degree of lameness for individual animals. This subjective method is costly in terms of labour, and its level of accuracy and ability to detect small changes in locomotion that is critical for early detection of lameness and associated int...

There are excellent journal articles and book chapters that describe the examination of the foot, some of which are listed as references. Reviewing them reveals that each clinician performs their examination in their own style, and they emphasize different aspects of the examination; however, they all have a method, and all describe an effective process to diagnose as effectively as possible th...

Traditionally, studies which placed a monetary value on the effect of lameness have calculated the costs at the herd level and rarely have they been specific to different types of lameness. These costs which have been calculated from former studies are not particularly useful for farmers in making economically optimal decisions depending on individual cow characteristics. The objective of this ...

Navicular syndrome is a chronic and often progressive disease affecting the navicular bone and bursa, deep digital flexor tendon (DDFT), and associated soft tissue structures composing the navicular apparatus. This syndrome has long been considered one of the most common causes of forelimb lameness in horses. Diagnosis of navicular syndrome is based on history, physical examination, lameness ex...

This review presents a brief historical prospective of the genesis of regulated medication in the US racing industry of which the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug phenylbutazone (PBZ) is the focus. It presents some historical guide posts in the development of the current rules on the use on PBZ by racing jurisdictions in the US. Based on its prevalent use, PBZ still remains a focus of atten...