PPT-Lameness – Part 2: Specific Diseases

INAG 120 Equine Health Management November 2 2011 Common Lameness Disorders FRONT LIMB Shoulder Knee Fetlock Pastern Navicular HIND LIMB Stifle Hock Fetlock Pastern Front Limb Shoulder. A. Bacterial Diseases of the Upper Digestive Tract (Mouth & Stomach). 1. Tooth Decay (dental caries). A) This is an endogenous infection . 1) Most common infectious disease of humans . 2) Young are more susceptible than old. Thomas Abraham . What are . non- . communicable diseases?. How big a problem are they?. Sources of information. Challenges in reporting non-communicable diseases. What are NCDs?. Diseases or conditions that are not transmissible, or caused by injury. Left Fore Limb lameness in a 7 year-old Thoroughbred. Patient had a mild lameness of the left front limb.. Lameness examination included regional analgesia and distal . interphalangeal. joint injection six weeks prior to referral. Drs. Karyn Labbe and Beth Biscoe, Washington . State University. Dr. John Mattoon, Washington State University. Bilateral forelimb lameness in an 11 year-old Thoroughbred. Patient is a previous racehorse acquired by the owner with the intended use of barrel racing. Diplomate. American College of Veterinary Surgeons. Navicular. Syndrome and Heel pain in the performance horse. Outline. Causes for caudal heel pain. Diagnostics and therapies. Shoeing recommendations. Dr. Simon Kenyon. Objectives. Recognize the common musculoskeletal disorders of cattle. Understand the management factors that lead to them. Understand prevention, monitoring and control of these conditions. Lameness in Sheep Foreword Lameness is a major health and welfare problem in all sheep producingcountries throughout the world.the common sense management measures that will help prevent, or treatthe A. Bacterial Diseases of the Upper Digestive Tract (Mouth & Stomach). 1. Tooth Decay (dental caries). A) This is an endogenous infection . 1) Most common infectious disease of humans . 2) Young are more susceptible than old. LAMENESS. General Signs: Head bobbing, dropping hip, pointing, strong digital pulse. LAMENESS. Predisposing factors. :. Immaturity for hard work (racing 2-year olds). Faulty conformation. Poor condition or conditioning. Equine Lameness Exam. One of the most common (if not the #1) body systems evaluated and treated is the . musculoskeletal system . Detecting the source of lameness can be daunting – many probs. have no obvious external signs . Peter Stevenson. Compassion in World Farming. New report for EP Petitions Committee on animal welfare by DG for Internal Policies. Author: Prof Donald Broom. The report states “dairy cow welfare ... may be considered to be the second greatest animal welfare problem in the EU”. Dr. RAMESH TIWARY. ASSSITANT PROFESSOR. Department of Veterinary Surgery & Radiology. BVC, PATNA-14. Sand Crack. A sand crack is a fissure in the wall of the hoof parallel to the horn tubules, extending from the coronet to the plantar border.. Chronic wasting disease of deer Contagious agalactia in sheep Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia Contagious equine metritis Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever Dourine ( Unit-3. Dr. Anil Kumar. Assistant Professor, VCC, BVC, BASU,PATNA. Rickets is a disease of young growing animals caused by impaired mineralization of . physeal. and . epiphyseal. cartilage during .