Equine Flashcards
Seedy Toe
Also called hollow wall or dystrophic ungulae
-hoof wall necrosis
Founder
Laminitis
-often associated with LUSH green grass and high carb diets
Bone Spavin
Osteoarthritis of the hock
Bog spavin
Swelling of the hock
Bog=water
Jack spavin
Irritation if the medial hock
Specifically he cunean tendon
Throughpin
Effusion of the tarsal DDFT sheath
Sheared heel
Asymmetry of the heal due to uneven weight distribution
Rngbone
Ostoarthritis of the distal interphalangial joint
- high: pastern joint
- low: coffin joint
Sidebone
Ossification of the alar cartilage (wing bits of the coffin bone)
Osseletes
Inflammation of the periosteum on the dorsal 3rd metacarpal surface and fetlock
Splints
Interosseous desmitis (ligamentitis) of mc/mt 3
Stringhalt
- Spasmodic hyperflexion (foot touches the abdomen)
- often associated with sweet pea
Sweeny
Supraspinatous contracture
Hyperkaleic periodic paralysis
Genetic problem with Na+ channels
Polysaccharide storage myopathy
Accumulation of glycogen
Club foot
Contracture of the distal interphalangeal joint
Buttress foot
Also called pyramidal disease or extensor process disease
-excessive strain on the common digital extensor tendon
Gonitis
Arthritis of the stifle
Scratches
Chronic seborrheic dermititis
Peroneus tertius rupture
Causes leg to extend hock while flexing the stifle
What is the difference between a tenotomy and a desmotomy?
Tenotomy: cutting of tendons
Desmotomy: cutting or dissecting out ligament
Upward patella fixation
Limb locks in ridged extension—>toe drag
