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Decision making with OCD fragments – significance and management

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Peloso J.G.
In: BEVA - Annual Congress - Birmingham, 2018 by British Equine Veterinary Association
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SEP 15, 2018
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Osteochondrosis (OC) occurs in about 25% of Thoroughbreds, Quarter Horses, Standardbreds, Warmbloods and Arabians [1–4]. It is a common reason for veterinarians to evaluate young athletic horses and is the most common reason that arthroscopic surgery is performed on horses [1–4]. Although OC has been identified in all joints, greater than 95% of all OC is localised to the femoropatellar (FP, stifle), the tarsocrural (TC, hock), and the metacarpophalangeal/ metatarsophalangeal (fetlock) joints [1–7]. These joints will be the focus of the information presented. The generalities described below are to be applied to all joints and specific joints will address variations from these generalities ...

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Peloso, J. G. (2020) “Decision making with OCD fragments – significance and management”, BEVA - Annual Congress - Birmingham, 2018. Available at: https://www.ivis.org/library/beva/beva-annual-congress-birmingham-2018/decision-making-ocd-fragments-–-significance-and-management (Accessed: 12 September 2024).

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Equine Medical Center of Ocala, 7107 W Hwy 326, Ocala, Florida 34482, USA.

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