Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix

Author:John Victor Lacroix [Lacroix, John Victor]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Horses -- Health, Lameness in horses
Published: 2005-07-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chronic Tendinitis and Contraction of the Flexor Tendons.

Etiology and Occurrence.—Acute inflammation of the flexor tendons may result in chronic tendinitis. Recurrent attacks in cases where insufficient time is allowed for complete recovery to result, is followed by chronic inflammation and hypertrophy of the tendons. Again, in subjects where conformation is faulty, no amount of care will be sufficient to prevent a recurrence of the inflammation and the condition must become chronic.

Symptomatology.—On visual examination of the subject at rest, one may note the hypertrophied condition of the affected tendons. Their transverse diameter is usually perceptibly increased and in many cases, there is an increase in the antero-posterior diameter. The latter condition causes a bulging of the tendon that is so noticeable, because of the convexity thus formed, it is commonly known as "bowed tendon."

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