A degenerative joint disease in the horse (osteochondritis dissecans)

Authors: Wyburn RS
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 25, Issue 11, pp 321-322, 335, Nov 1977
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Horse, Livestock
Subject Terms: Skeletal/bone/cartilage, Joint/arthrology, Locomotor, Pathology, Disease/defect
Article class: Scientific Article

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Abstract: Osteochondritis dissecans has been reported in most of the domestic species and, in particular, in those breeds within the species where the emphasis has been on selection for large size and rapid maturity. It is seen most commonly on the epiphysis forming the main weight-bearing joints, the shoulder, elbow, hip, stifle and hock. In the horse the most commonly affected joint is the femero-patellar joint with the lesion occurring at the same site at approximately the mid-point of the lateral trochlear ridge. This paper is confined to a discussion of this condition. Twenty one cases of osteochondritis dissecans involving the femero-patellar joint have been seen at the Veterinary Faculty at Massey University over the eight years 1969-1976 and seventeen of these had bilateral involvement…

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