Hoof Pathology Flashcards


Four points of weight-bearing (4)





Biomechanics of weight-bearing





Healthy hoof




Causes of ruminant lameness (diseases/conditions) (10)

Non-infectious disorders - sole ulcers/bruising (4)

Causes of sole haemorrhage/ulcers and the part of the hoof affected (5)

Non-infectious disorders - white line disease (5)

Mixed lesions

Infectious disorders - treponema species (8)

Infectious disorders - bovine digital dermatitis (10)

Digital dermatitis scoring (6)





Infectious disorders - bovine digital dermatitis - risk factors and preventative measures (9)

Infectious disorders - interdigital necrobacillosis causes (7)





Less common conditions in ruminants (4)

Infectious disorders - scald (interdigital dermatitis) (6)



Infectious disorders - foot rot (8)





Infectious disorders - contagious ovine digital dermatitis (CODD) (8)





Severe foot rot vs CODD (contagious ovine digital dermatitis) - prevalence, initial lesions and pathology (6)

Infectious disorders - toe granuloma

Types of ascending infection (2)

Disorders of the coronary band (9)





Sub solar/white line abscess (‘Pus in the foot’) (10)

Foot abscess treatment (3)

Laminitis (3)



Clinical categories of Laminitis (3)

Acute inflammatory laminitis (5)

Hypothermia to prevent inflammatory laminitis (2)

Endocrinopathies laminitis (2)

Hyperinsulinaemia - insulin model of laminitis (3)

Endocrinopathic laminitis - pathogenesis

Laminitis prognosis - poor prognostic indicators (5)

Laminitis treatment (5)
