Purulent Necrotic Dislocation of the Hip Joint Associated with Umbilical
Infection in a Foal |
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| Authors: | Fumie MAGATA Mitsuo ISHII Eri OIKAWA Hidefumi FURUOKA Kazutaka YAMADA Naoki SASAKI Syo SHIMIZU Hisashi INOKUMA |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Applied Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan;2. Department of Basic Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, 11 Nishi-2-Sen, Inada-cho, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan;3. Eastern Clinical Center of Tokachi Agricultural Mutual Aid Association, 59 Kisen, Kawanishi-cho, Obihiro, Hokkaido 089-1182, Japan |
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| Abstract: | A 42-day-old heavy draft horse fell into sudden astasia. Significant swelling and heat
sensation of the left femoral region were observed. Because of a friction sound in the
left hip, we supposed that the hip joint was dislocated or the hip bone was fractured.
Computed Tomography (CT) examination showed that the left hip joint was dislocated and the
left femoral head was disjunct. We carried out a pathological autopsy, and made a
diagnosis of the foal as fracture of the hip bone and femoral head with suppurative
umbilical arteritis. Pathologic changes in the umbilical artery and hind leg were
completely unilateral, suggesting that left umbilical arteritis spread to the blood
circulation, causing arthritis and dislocation of the hip bone. |
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| Keywords: | dislocation foal umbilical infection |
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