Lame - bovine muscles, tendons and ligaments Flashcards
What is the term for swelling at the hock?
Hock cellulitis/bursitis
What causes hock cellulitis?
Trauma due to cubicle beds in winter housing period
What is the progression of hock cellulitis?
Initial hair loss over bone protuberances
Swelling from soft tissue damage
Development of tarsal bursitis
What are the clinical signs of hock cellulitis?
Not usually lame unless severe swelling or infected bursa
What is the treatment for hock cellulitis?
Not usually necessary
DO NOT incise and drain - introduces infection
Antibiotics
Correct underlying cause
What is the same disease as hock cellulitis but in the front leg?
Carpal bursitis/cellulitis
What causes white muscle disease?
Diet deficient in vitamin E/selenium
Causing nutritional muscular atrophy
What is the presentation of white muscle disease?
Weak or still born calves
Ill thrift
Stiff, unable to stand
What different forms of white muscle disease are there?
Congenital form
Delayed form
What is the treatment and prevention for white muscle disease?
Injection of vitamin E
Oral bolus/drench
Food analysis
What breeds are affected by spastic paresis?
German/dutch friesians
Aberdeen angus
What is the presentation/clinical signs of spastic paresis?
Chronic progressive contraction of the gastrocnemius
Straight hock with stiff gait and jerky limbs
What is the treatment of spastic paresis?
SUrgical resection of gastrocnemius and superficial flexor tendons
Neurectomy of tibial nerve
How do you prevent spastic paresis?
Hereditary - dont use affected animals for breeding
What are the causes of rupture of the gastrocnemius?
Unclear
Prolonged recumbency
Excessive weight
Possible mineral imbalance
