Topic:Arthritis

Arthritis in horses is a degenerative joint condition characterized by inflammation and deterioration of joint cartilage. It affects the functionality and mobility of joints, leading to pain and stiffness, which can impact a horse's performance and quality of life. The condition is often categorized into osteoarthritis, which involves chronic degeneration, and septic arthritis, which is caused by infection. Diagnosis typically involves clinical evaluation, imaging techniques such as radiography, and synovial fluid analysis. Management strategies may include medical treatments, physical therapy, and in some cases, surgical intervention. This page compiles peer-reviewed research studies and scholarly articles that explore the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of arthritis in equine patients.

Effects of intraarticular flumethasone suspension on synovial effusion enzyme activity of arthritic horses.

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association January 15, 1972 Volume 160, Issue 2 186-190

Van Pelt RW, Tillotson PJ, Gertsen KE, Gallagher KF.No abstract available

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association June 1, 1970 Volume 156, Issue 11 1589-1599

Van Pelt RW, Tillotson PJ, Gertsen KE.No abstract available

Acta veterinaria Scandinavica January 1, 1970 Volume 11, Issue 2 139-155 doi: 10.1186/BF03547976

Butler J, Rydell NW, Balazs EA.Twelve horses with traumatic arthritis were treated with intraarticular injection of hyaluronic acid mixed with cortisone and the results compared with 6 horses treated only with cortisone. There was a significantly better improvement in the group injected with a mixture of hyaluronic acid and cortisone. Further studies have given the same results in traumatic arthritis in horses if hyaluronic acid alone is injected. After injection of hyaluronic acid a large number of granulated monocytes appeared in the synovial fluid, but no inflammatory signs were observed. It is possible that this macroph...

Revue veterinaire militaire January 1, 1948 Volume 3, Issue 1 90-96

BENAZET P, CHARY P.No abstract available

Australian veterinary journal October 1, 1945 Volume 21, Issue 5-6 146-148 doi: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1945.tb13971.x

Ryan AF, Rainey JW.THE disease that forms the subject of this paper was first described by one of us in 1944 ( Rainey, 1944 ). Observation by us since then. separately and in consnltation, of ,further calses of t'his disease has enabled us to correct -0y amplify the original description. For instance, ye know now that although young horses have constituted the bulk of the cases seen by us, old animals may also suffer. We observed recently an acute case in a seventeen-year-old gelding. In our experience only heavy or half-bred horses have been affected j we have observed no case among horses of the t...