BARBOSA, I. J. B.; BARBOSA, Isabelle Jansen Bezerra.
Abstract:
This work was conducted at the Veterinary Hospital Center for Health and
Technology Rural Federal University of Campina Grande, Patos - PB, in the period 2003
to 2007, through the lifting of data in the files archived medical clinic, targeting the study
of the major diseases of metacarpofalangeana joints / metatarsofalangeana (slips) of the
horses. The objective of this study comparing radiographic and clinical aspects revealed in
chips with the medical literature. During the study period were recorded 21 sheets of
different race, gender, and age. The disorders were recorded arthritis, degenerative
diseases, exostose, lesions in the bones sesamoide proximal and regions tendineas. It
means that in this study, and methods of diagnosis used in the routine of the Medical Clinic
of Large Animals are running consistent with the literature, and that to get the definitive
diagnosis of disorders of boleto is necessary in evaluating all of the clinical and
radiographic.
