Test 1: lecture 2 +3: lameness exam

Question 1

baseline lameness

Answer 1

the gait abnormality recognized
when the horse is examined at a walk or trot in hand, before flexion or manipulative tests are used.

Question 2

Induced lameness

Answer 2

lameness observed after
manipulative tests.

Question 3

thoroughbred racehorse will have what type of lameness

Answer 3

more frontleg then hindleg

Question 4

standardbred racehorses will have what type of lameness distribution

Answer 4

hindlimb= forelimb

Question 5

Forelimb lameness – 95% of lameness problems occur at the level of —

Answer 5

or distal to the carpus

Question 6

0/5 lameness scale

Answer 6

Lameness not perceptible under any circumstances.

Question 7

1/5 lameness scale

Answer 7

Lameness is difficult to observe and is inconsistent, regardless of circumstances (e.g. under saddle, circling, hard surface, etc.).

Question 8

2/5 lameness scale

Answer 8

Lameness is difficult to observe or inconsistent when trotting in a straight line but consistent under stressed circumstances (e.g. under saddle, circling, hard surface, etc.).

Question 9

3/5 lameness scale

Answer 9

Lameness is consistently observable at a trot on a straight line in hand with no stress tests.

Question 10

4/5 lameness scale

Answer 10

Lameness is obvious at a walk.

Question 11

5/5 lameness scale

Answer 11

Lameness produces minimal weight bearing.

Question 12

exams can be limited by

Answer 12

weather
handler
rider
training
location

can’t do an exam on a angry horse

Question 13

what are some questions to ask in history about why appointment was made

Answer 13

Current lameness
Poor performance – can be very subtle!
History of trauma
Duration of lameness
Deterioration or improvement of lameness – circumstances?
Effects of exercise: worsening or improvement in lameness

Question 14

head and neck nod
pelvic hike/drop

Answer 14

will lift its head when lame to try to get off lame leg- pain when placing leg

Question 15

shortening of the cranial phase of the stride tells you

Answer 15

pain when moving leg- will be a hop when in forelimb

Question 16

if a horse drifts when walking which direction

Answer 16

will drift away from lame limb

Question 17

fetlock drop

Answer 17

can be exacerbated in the sound leg that is absorbing more weight OR in a leg with progressive suspensory ligament degeneration.

Question 18

down on sound

Answer 18

horse will lift its head when putting weight on bad leg

forelimb lameness

Question 19

how to do flexion stress test

Answer 19

hold limb flexed for long period then have horse jog, will show lameness better

not effective test in sport horses

Question 20

what are some additional stress tests

Answer 20

longing
riding
driving
footing (hard, soft)

Question 21

what analgesia do you use for blocking horses

Answer 21

mepivicaine

bupivicaine- in angry horses, last longer- sedate, give shot then wake them up and see if they are still lame

Question 22

what is stringhalt

Answer 22

a neuromuscular condition that causes a gait abnormality characterized by involuntary, exaggerated upward movement of one or both of the hindlimbs.

caused by ingestion of weed or idiopathic

Question 23

what is wrong

Answer 23

peroneus tertius injury

should not be able to extend hock this way

Question 24

horse with fibrotic myopathy will walk

Answer 24

fibrosis/calcification of semimembranosis/tendinosis

try to extend leg forward but it stops and sorta springs backwards