Equine Musculoskeletal: Conditions of the Foot Flashcards
what is a foot abscess a common cause of?
acute IV-V/VI lameness
what are the clinical signs of a foot abscess?
acute, severe lameness of one leg
increased to bounding digital pulses
typically the affected foot is warmer
+/- edema above coronary band
when can you reapply the shoe after a foot abscess?
horse should be sound
drainage should have stopped
what is the prognosis of foot abscesses?
good for simple abscesses
what agent is known to cause thrush?
Fusobacterium necrophorum
what does thrush present ass?
variable lameness
oily black drainage/exudate
atrophy/loss of normal tissue
how many limbs can white line disease affect?
1-4 limbs
what is the prognosis of white line disease?
generally good
can take 6-12 months to regrow hoof
what is a quarter crack?
full thickness fracture of hoof capsule
what do quarter cracks result in?
instability and pain
how can you treat quarter cracks?
address causative issues
debride crack
stabilize
“float” affeected heeel
patch hoof wall?
“healing” is by new growth
what causes a P3 fracture?
high-speed injury: kicking a wall, taking a bad step
how can you treat P3 fractures?
rest
NSAIDs
therapeutic shoeing
surgery
where does a canker originate?
in the frog
what does canker classically appear as?
numerous small finger-like papillae of soft off-white material
cauliflower-like
