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Laminitis, Lameness and Musculoskeletal

Laminitis, Lameness and Musculoskeletal. consists of bones cartilage muscles ligaments tendons . Primary functions support for the body provision of motion protection of vital organs . Musculoskeletal System. Serves as the main storage system for calcium and phosphorus

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Laminitis, Lameness and Musculoskeletal

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  1. Laminitis, Lameness and Musculoskeletal

  2. consists of bones cartilage muscles ligaments tendons Primary functions support for the body provision of motion protection of vital organs Musculoskeletal System

  3. Serves as the main storage system for calcium and phosphorus • Contains critical components for blood creation

  4. Skeletal Muscle • The skeletal muscles are the horse’s energy source • specially evolved for rapid movement

  5. http://horse-diseases.com/horsemuscleanatomy.html

  6. Muscle and Bone diseases • Bone diseases are generally • Congenital • Developmental • Nutritional • Traumatic

  7. Congenital • spinal ataxia (Wobbler’s syndrome) • utero malformations • Carpus vulgus

  8. Developmental • Osteochondritis dissecans • Lumbar disk syndrome • Arthritis • Navicular Syndrome

  9. Traumatic • Fractures • Fissures • Trauma • Lack of weight bearing, reduced motion, instability, pain, heat, or swelling

  10. Tendons • Tendons act as bridging and attachment structures for the muscle • Prone to injury themselves, especially because they are often loaded to the extreme • Superficial flexor tendon • Chronic inflammation

  11. Tendon- • a cord or band of dense, tough, fibrous tissue, serving to connect a muscle with a bone or part; • Ligament- • a band of tissue, usually white and fibrous, serving to connect bones, hold organs in place

  12. Lameness Disorders • Navicular Disease • Laminitis • Bog Spavin • String Halt • Patellar Luxation

  13. Lameness Exam • Grade lameness based on a variety of tests • Trotting on solid ground • Lunging • Flexion test • Hooftesters • Nerve blocks

  14. Navicular • inflammation or degeneration of the navicular bone and its surrounding tissues • The navicular bone (or distal sesamoid) lies behind the coffin bone and under the small pastern bone

  15. Problems • Conformations • Work load • weight

  16. Symptoms • Heel pain is very common in horses with Navicular Syndrome • Lameness may begin as mild and intermittent, and progress to severe lameness

  17. Laminitis • Laminitis is a disease of the sensitive laminae of the foot in a horse • The front hooves are most commonly affected, although the hind feet are sometimes affected • Means inflammation of the laminae

  18. Hoof with rotate and sink • Separate from hoof wall

  19. Causes • Nutritional • Poison • Colic • Hard ground • Cushing’s disease

  20. Laminitis

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