Abstract

GALLEGO RODRIGUEZ M.SC., Renso Sneider; LUJAN GIRALDO MV, Juan Diego  and  LEYSNER TAVERA MV, Jesika. Radiological description of lesions in the tarsus of colombian creole horses. rev. colombiana cienc. anim. Recia [online]. 2019, vol.11, n.2, pp.82-88.  Epub May 08, 2020. ISSN 2027-4297.  https://doi.org/10.24188/recia.v11.n2.2019.728.

Joint pathologies are one of the most frequent causes of claudication in horses, these can be caused by several factors including recurring trauma, joint instability, ossification alterations and infections. Articular inflammatory events cause injuries that will lead to deterioration of the articular cartilage favoring joint disease and the presentation of clinical findings. The present is a prospective descriptive study in which a total of 22 tarsus x-rays were performed and analyzed in equines, a total of 11 horses of homogeneous physical characteristics were included, to which a radiological study of bilateral tarsus was made for each animal; In the radiological analysis, the frequency of pathological radiographic findings was evaluated, such as: arthrophytes, decreased joint space, bone proliferation, bone lysis, among others, in turn, the tarsal angle was determined for each of the radiographs. Of the total number of radiographs, 90.9% showed some pathological radiological findings, in turn, the arthrophytes were the most frequently found lesions in the study and the central tarsal and tarsal bones were the three most affected anatomical structures.

Keywords : Tarsal angle; diagnosis; equines; radiography; tarsus.

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