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Laminitis – how to deal with the failure of suspension of the distal phalanx

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Parks A.
In: BEVA - Annual Congress - Birmingham, 2018 by British Equine Veterinary Association
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SEP 15, 2018
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The distal phalanx is suspended within the hoof capsule by the lamellae on three sides and the deep digital flexor tendon on its palmar side. In horses with laminitis, injury to the lamellae weakens the attachment of the wall to the distal phalanx, and if the injury is severe, then the lamellae are no longer able to suspend the distal phalanx in its normal position and the distal phalanx displaces. However, it is more complicated because the distal phalanx does not always displace in the same manner. Specifically, three different patterns of displacement are recognized: rotation (more specifically, dorsal rotation); distal displacement (sinking); or asymmetrical distal displacement (rotation in the frontal plane). In reality, displacement is frequently a combination of the above, but one pattern generally dominates ...

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Parks, A. (2020) “Laminitis – how to deal with the failure of suspension of the distal phalanx”, BEVA - Annual Congress - Birmingham, 2018. Available at: https://www.ivis.org/library/beva/beva-annual-congress-birmingham-2018/laminitis-–-how-to-deal-failure-of-suspension-of-distal-phalanx (Accessed: 12 September 2024).

Affiliation of the authors at the time of publication

Dept. Large Animal Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA.

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  • Parks A.

    MA VetMB MRCVS Dipl ACVS
    Department of Large Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia
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