Thoracic limb digital extensor denervation in young horses.
Low radial neurectomy in the left thoracic limb was performed in 4 mixed-breed weanling horses, with subsequent paralysis of the lateral and common digital extensor muscles. Weight bearing of the denervated and control limbs was discouraged by the use of special shoeing. Clinical signs of flexural deformity were not induced in the horses.
D000818:Animals; D005552:Forelimb / Q000294:innervation*; D006736:Horses; D009121:Muscle Denervation / Q000662:veterinary*