title: Idiopathic infective arthritis of the coxofemoral joint in a mature horse.
abstract: A mature thoroughbred-cross gelding developed chronic severe hindlimb lameness. Despite intensive clinical investigation, the diagnosis of infective arthritis of the coxofemoral joint was difficult, and a definitive diagnosis was reached only after synoviocentesis of the joint. The horse was euthanased and examined thoroughly post mortem but no definitive aetiology for the condition was discovered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Large Animal Medicine and Surgery, Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, Hertfordshire.
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Clegg
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D006621:Hip Joint; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D006736:Horses; D008297:Male; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013582:Synovial Fluid / Q000382:microbiology