The onset and consequences of tarsal bone fractures in foals

Authors: Dewes HF
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 30, Issue 9, pp 129-135, Sep 1982
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Horse, Livestock
Subject Terms: Skeletal/bone/cartilage, Limb - lower, Joint/arthrology, Fractures, Disease/defect, Locomotor, Surgery
Article class: Clinical Communication

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Abstract: Fractures of the central tarsal and/or third tarsal bones involving both limbs of six foals are described. Five of the subjects were born either premature or of twin pregnancies. Fractures occurred in the neonatal period and coincided with disablement. Features of behaviour, posture and gait are described, together with gross radiographic findings, bone ash determination and blood chemistry. Lesions observed on the articular faces of tarsal bones recovered from adult horses may have originated during the neonatal-period.

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