title: Musculoskeletal Pathology.
abstract: The current understanding of pathology as it relates to common diseases of the equine musculoskeletal system is reviewed. Conditions are organized under the fundamental categories of developmental, exercise-induced, infectious, and miscellaneous pathology. The overview of developmental pathology incorporates the new classification system of juvenile osteochondral conditions. Discussion of exercise-induced pathology emphasizes increased understanding of the contribution of cumulative microdamage caused by repetitive cyclic loading. Miscellaneous musculoskeletal pathology focuses on laminitis, which current knowledge indicates should be regarded as a clinical syndrome with a variety of possible distinct mechanisms of structural failure that are outlined in this overview.
authors.affiliation: Equine Orthopaedic Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, 300 West Drake Rd, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA.
authors.forename: Frances J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Peat
authors.affiliation: Equine Orthopaedic Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, 300 West Drake Rd, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA. Electronic address: Christopher.Kawcak@colostate.edu.
authors.forename: Christopher E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Kawcak
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D006736:Horses; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D009141:Musculoskeletal System / Q000473:pathology
keywords: Infectious; Laminitis; Muscle; Musculoskeletal; Orthopedic; Osteoarthritis; Osteochondrosis; Tendon