title: [Resection of a carpal bone row in a Pustertaler Sprinze cow with chronic purulent arthritis of the carpal joint and osteomyelitis].
abstract: This case report describes the clinical and radiographic findings and the surgical treatment of a serofibrinous arthritis of the antebrachiocarpal joint and of a chronic purulent arthritis of the intercarpal and carpometacarpal joints with osteomyelitis of the distal carpal bones and subchondral osteomyelitis of the proximal metacarpal bones in a cow of the breed "Pustertaler Sprinze". The therapy comprised an arthrotomy of both joint spaces and the resection of the distal row of the carpal bones. The right forelimb had been immobilised for 70 days by a full limb cast. After this period, radiographs revealed an ob- vious ankylosis of the carpal joint, and the cow showed only a slight lameness. Six years postoperatively this cow was still in the herd and had produced six calves.
authors.affiliation: Prof. Dr. Johann Kofler, Department für Nutztiere und öffentliches Gesundheitswesen, in der Veterinärmedizin, Klinik für Wiederkäuer, Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien, Veterinärplatz 1, A-1210 Wien, E-Mail: Johann.Kofler@vetmeduni.ac.at.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kofler
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Peterbauer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D002348:Carpal Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D050824:Carpal Joints / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D011859:Radiography
keywords: Joint infection; arthrodesis; carpus; cattle; cattle breed; osteomyelitis