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| − | [[Image:Spondylosis.jpg|right|thumb|100px|<small><center>Spondylosis (Image sourced from Bristol Biomed Image Archive with permission)</center></small>]] | |
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| − | *Often in bulls and dogs, occurs also in horses, cats and pigs
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| − | *[[Musculoskeletal Terminology - Pathology|Osteophyte]] formation on ventral aspect of vertebrae
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| − | **Often around lumbar region
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| − | **Adjacent to intervertebral spaces
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| − | **Varies in size - small spurs -> 'bridges' between vertebrae
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| − | **May extend over few vertebrae
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| − | *Pathogenesis:
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| − | **Repeated abnormal movement between joints -> stress
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| − | ** -> Degeneration of [[Joints - Anatomy & Physiology#Fibrocartilagenous joints|''annulus fibrosis'']]
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| − | ** -> [[Musculoskeletal Terminology - Pathology|Osteophyte]] formation
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| − | *In dogs usually no symptoms
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| − | *In bulls may cause inability to mount
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| − | *In severe cases repeated damage may progress to recurrent posterior weakness and ataxia in conjuction with fractures of spondylitic and vertebral bone
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| − | [[Category:Joints - Degenerative Pathology]]
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