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Review of Osteochondritis Dessicans in Horses
Title: Review of Osteochondritis Dessicans in Horses
Category: Science & Technology
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Review of Osteochondritis Dessicans in Horses
1 Introduction "Developmental Orthopaedic Disease (DOD) of young, growing horses includes any disturbance in changing the cartilaginous precursor of the skeleton to functional bone" (Anderson, 1996). One of the diseases included under this general term is Osteochondritis Dessicans (OCD) where a flap develops from the articular cartilage due to failure of cartilage to be properly converted into bone. It usually only affects young horses in any weight bearing joint of the body. OCD was first described in …showed first 75 words of 2838 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 2838 total…McIlwraith & Trotter, 1996, Joint Disease in the Horse, W.B. Saunders Company, USA McIlwraith & Rantanen, 2000, Joints and Imaging - proceedings of the twenty-second bain-fallon memorial lectures, presented by the Australian Equine Veterinary Association, Sydney, Australia Rooney J, 1969, Biomechanics of Lameness in Horses, The Williams & Wilkins Company, Baltimore, USA Staller G, 1998, Osteoarthritis is a Major Cause of Lameness, Horse News Online, available online http://www.horsenews-online.com/archive/html/osteo.html (accessed 23/08/02)
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