limbs of cattle and pigs Flashcards
Ruminants are a sub-order of artiodactyla which means
even number of toes
describe bovine loco similarities to horse
- nuchal ligament
- stay apparatus (but
less effective)
lacertus fibrosus in bovine compared to horse
less well developed
can bovine lock stifle
no
cows spend more or less time in recumbency compared to horses
more
ulna and radius in bovine
entire ulna present (unlike in horses) but fused tor adius
carpal bones difference in bovine compared to horses
2nd and 3rd carpal bones fused ie only 2 bones in distal row
gluteal muscles in bovine compared to horses
less well developed
hamstrings in bovine lack
vertebral heads
is there a femoropubic (accesory) ligament of hip joint in bovine
no
Bicipital bursa (distal bursa of biceps femoris muscle)
communicates with
femorotibial joint
Patella has three ligaments & parapatellar
fibrocartilage but (true) locking of patella is
is pathological (not normal)
Peroneus tertius in bovine
present but fleshier (less tendonous)
Distal part of fibula
is a separate bone, which is fused with tibia forming lateral malleolus.
tarsal bones in bovine
Greater fusion of tarsal bones (centrale and 4th fused 2and3 fused)
talus in bovine
proximal & distal trochlea
MC/MC 3 and 4 in bovine
developed but mostly fused
Separate proximal to fetlock to form
twometacarpo/metatarso-phalangeal joints that communicate with eachother.
bovine; Each fetlock has paired proximal
sesamoid bones
paired proximal
sesamoid bones