Osteochondritis in a thoroughbred foal

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Extract Osteochondritis is an avascular necrosis of bone which occurs in the epiphyses of the immature animal. There are reports of this disease occurring at various sites in man (Aegerter and Kirkpatrick, 1968 Aegerter, E. and Kirkpatrick, J. A. 1968. Orthopaedic Diseases, 3rd ed., 327–338. Philadelphia: Saunders. [Google Scholar] ), in the dog (Clayton-Jones and Vaughan, 1970 Clayton-Tones, D. G. and Vaughan, L. C. 1970. The surgical treatment of osteochondritis dissecans of the humeral head in dogs. I. small Anim. Pract., 11: 803–812. [Google Scholar] ; 1970 Robins, G. M. 1970. A case of osteochondritis: dissecans of the stifle joints in a bitch. J. small Anim. Pract., 11: 813–816. [Google Scholar] ), and in the horse (Adams, 1966 Robins, G. M. 1970. A case of osteochondritis: dissecans of the stifle joints in a bitch. J. small Anim. Pract., 11: 813–816. [Google Scholar] ). In man it most commonly occurs in the medial condyle of the femur (Aegerter and Kirkpatrick, 1968 Aegerter, E. and Kirkpatrick, J. A. 1968. Orthopaedic Diseases, 3rd ed., 327–338. Philadelphia: Saunders. [Google Scholar] ) but in the dog the proximal humeral epiphysis is most commonly affected (Griffiths, 1968 Griffiths, R. C. 1968. Osteochondritis dissecans of the canine shoulder. J. Am. vet. med. Ass., 153: 1733–1735. [Google Scholar] ). I have seen no records of the incidence of osteochondritis in the various epiphyses of the horse but there are re-ports of its occurring in the distal epiphy-sis of the femur, within the carpal and tarsal bones, in the distal epiphysis of the metacarpal bone, in the cervical vertebrae, and in the proximal humeral epiphyses (Schebitz and Schulz, 1965 Schebitz, M. and Schulz, L. C. 1965. Pathogenesis of spinal ataxia in horses — spondylarthrosis: the clinical picture. Dt. tierarztl Wschr., 72: 496–501. [Google Scholar] ; Adams, 1966 Adams, O. R. 1966. Lameness in Horses, 2nd ed., 146–148. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger. [Google Scholar] ; Rooney, 1969 Rooney, J. R. 1969. Biomechanics of Lameness in Horses, 227–227. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkie. [Google Scholar] ; Van Pelt et al., 1970 Van Pelt, R. W. , Riley, W. F. and Tillotson, P. J. 1970. Stifle disease (gonitis) in horses: Clinicopathological findings and intra-articular therapy. J Am. vet. med. Ass., 157: 1173–1173. [Google Scholar] ; Morgan, 1972 Morgan, J. P. 1972. Radiology in Veterinary Orthopedics, Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger. [Google Scholar] ; Raker et al., 1973 Raker, C. W. , Baker, R. H. and Wheat, J. D. 1973. Patho-physiology of equine degenerative joint disease and lameness. Proc. 14th ann. Conv. Am. Ass. Equine Pract., : 229–229. [Google Scholar] ).

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