tailieunhanh - Báo cáo khoa học: " The impact of elbow and knee joint lesions on abnormal gait and posture of sows"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về bệnh học thý y được đăng trên tạp chí Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về bệnh thú y đề tài: The impact of elbow and knee joint lesions on abnormal gait and posture of sows. | Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica BioMed Central Research The impact of elbow and knee joint lesions on abnormal gait and posture of sows Rikke K Kirk 1 3 Bente Jorgensen2 and Henrik E Jensen1 Address Department of Veterinary Pathobiology Faculty of Life Sciences University of Copenhagen Denmark 2Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences Research Centre Foulum Tjele Denmark and 3Novo Nordisk A S Novo Nordisk Park 2760 Maaloev Denmark Email Rikke K Kirk - rkki@ Bente Jorgensen - Henrik E Jensen - helj@ Corresponding author Open Access Published 28 February 2008 Received 2 February 2008 r Accepted 28 February 2008 Acta Veterinaria Scandinavian 2008 50 5 doi 1751-0147-50-5 This article is available from http content 50 1 5 2008 Kirk et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Joint lesions occur widespread in the Danish sow population and they are the most frequent cause for euthanasia. Clinically it is generally impossible to differentiate between various types of non-inflammatory joint lesions. Consequently it is often necessary to perform a post mortem examination in order to diagnose these lesions. A study was performed in order to examine the relation of abnormal gait and posture in sows with specific joint lesions and thereby obtaining a clinical diagnostic tool to be used by farmers and veterinarians for the evaluation of sows with joint problems. Methods The gait posture and lesions in elbow- and knee joints of 60 randomly selected sows from one herd were scored clinically and pathologically. Associations between the scorings were .