title: Osteochondrosis and juvenile spavin in equids.
abstract: Thirty-six of 50 young equids examined at necropsy for gross pathologic and histopathologic evidence of osteochondrosis were determined to have lesions characteristic of this disorder in the distal joints of the tarsus. Abnormalities ranged from retained endochondral cores underlying undisturbed articular cartilage surfaces to clefts, subchondral osseous cyst-like lesions, and cartilage ulceration. Our findings supported the conclusion that osteochondrosis may cause spavin in the juvenile equid.
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University, Corvallis 97331-4802.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Watrous
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Hultgren
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Wagner
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006736:Horses; D008297:Male; D010007:Osteochondritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D010527:Perissodactyla; D011859:Radiography; D013643:Tarsus, Animal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*