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Kaye
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Username: kaye
Post Number: 19
Registered: 7-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, Nov 24, 2009 - 5:32 pm: |   |
O.K. a friend was telling me about her good rodeo horse. She has been lame for some time and they did a battery of tests (MRI's, bone scans, blocks ect...)They couldn't find anything wrong, finally a tiny chip was found in her fetlock joint. They did surgery and the surgery was good. 10 days later her lameness was getting worse they x-rayed and found the joint to be fusing, is there nothing else that can be done? Can you stop fusing once it has started? She was told the mare would only be broodmare sound. |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM
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Username: dro
Post Number: 24124
Registered: 1-1997
| | Posted on Wednesday, Nov 25, 2009 - 6:54 am: | |
Hello Kaye,
There seems to be some confusion here as the fetlock joint does not fuse naturally, there is just too much motion. Can you tell us what abnormalities were found on the the radiographs?
The cause of natural fusion is severe osteoarthritis. So I suspect what was seen is signs of osteoarthritis and if severe enough the prognosis for rodeo work would be poor.
DrO |
Kaye
Member
Username: kaye
Post Number: 20
Registered: 7-2008
| | Posted on Wednesday, Nov 25, 2009 - 10:10 am: | |
Thanks Dr.O I'll have to ask her and see if she knows anymore details. |
