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− | ===Physitis=== | + | ===[[Physitis]]=== |
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− | *In horses
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− | *Often associated with [[Bones Developmental - Pathology#Angular limb deformity|angular limb deformity]]
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− | *Also called '''epiphysitis''' and '''physeal dysplasia'''
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− | *Problem of [[Bone & Cartilage Development - Anatomy & Physiology|endochondral ossification]]
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− | *Two age groups
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− | **Weanlings
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− | **Yearlings in early training and two-year-olds
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− | *May cause contracted tendons and flexural deformities
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− | *Factors probably involved in its development:
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− | **Genetically fast growth rate
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− | **Large quantities of imbalanced, high energy feed
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− | **Imbalanced weight-bearing on joints
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− | **Excessive activity
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− | **Growth spurts
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− | *Histologically: (appearance similar to [[Bones Developmental - Pathology#Angular limb deformity|angular limb deformity]])
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− | **Lateral aspect of radius
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− | ***Thickened metaphyseal part of physeal cartilage
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− | ***-> Delay or disturbance of endochondral ossification
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− | ***Compression
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− | **Central part
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− | ***No obvious deformity
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− | **Medial aspect
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− | ***Tension
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− | ***-> Transverse [[Bones Fractures - Pathology|fractures]] and repair
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− | **Laxity of periarticular attachements in young foals allows [[Bones Developmental - Pathology#Angular limb deformity|angular limb deformity]]; not occuring in older foals and young horses
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− | **(Sustained trauma produces similar lesions)
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