title: Assessment of the musculoskeletal system.
abstract: Assessment of food animal lameness provides a great challenge but also can be extremely rewarding for the practitioner. An accurate diagnosis is essential if treatment, control, and prevention are to be successful. All facets of veterinary medicine and animal science must be applied in order to make an accurate diagnosis. The complaint, history, and signs are the basic considerations in arriving at an accurate assessment and determining the cause so that lameness problems can be solved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine, West Lafayette, Indiana.
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Amstutz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008487:Medical History Taking / Q000662:veterinary; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D009141:Musculoskeletal System / Q000473:pathology*; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000662:veterinary