EXUGUNLATION FOLLOWED BY FRACTURE AND AVULSION OF THE DISTAL PHALANX IN MARE
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https://doi.org/10.35172/rvz.2017.v24.276Keywords:
lameness, hoof avulsion, horse, traumaAbstract
This is a case report that describes a severe condition of exungulation with distal phalanx
avulsion in a mare, Quarter Horse of nine years old, attended at the Veterinary Hospital
(HCV) from the Santa Catarina State University (CAV/UDESC), Lages, SC, Brazil. The
animal showed exungulation of the right hindlimb due to transportation trauma and presented
with severe lameness. All radiographs demonstrated osteoproliferative reaction in the
proximal and middle phalanges and absence of the distal phalanx and the alar cartilage and
severe peripheral soft tissue swelling. Due to the extensive injury with severe involvement of
the distal phalanx and poor prognosis euthanasia was recommended and performed.
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