Watrous B J, Hultgren B D, Wagner P C
College of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University, Corvallis 97331-4802.
Am J Vet Res. 1991 Apr;52(4):607-12.
Thirty-six of 50 young equids examined at necropsy for gross pathologic and histopathologic evidence of osteochondrosis were determined to have lesions characteristic of this disorder in the distal joints of the tarsus. Abnormalities ranged from retained endochondral cores underlying undisturbed articular cartilage surfaces to clefts, subchondral osseous cyst-like lesions, and cartilage ulceration. Our findings supported the conclusion that osteochondrosis may cause spavin in the juvenile equid.
在尸检中对50匹年轻马属动物进行检查，以寻找骨软骨病的大体病理和组织病理学证据，其中36匹马被确定在跗关节远端关节处有该疾病的特征性病变。异常情况包括在未受干扰的关节软骨表面下保留的软骨内核心，到裂隙、软骨下骨囊肿样病变和软骨溃疡。我们的研究结果支持了骨软骨病可能导致幼年马属动物跗关节肿胀的结论。
