Deforming idiopathic ankylosis of the coffin joint in young cattle
Nuss, K.; Roth, M.; Schäffer, E.H.
Tierarztliche Praxis 22(4): 312-318
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0303-6286 PMID: 7940506 Document Number: 425325
Case reports are given of a deforming ankylosis of the distal interphalangeal joints in two juvenile cattle of the breed German Simmental. In one animal all distal interphalangeal joints were affected; in the second animal the coffin joints of the forelimbs and the lateral coffin joints of the hindlimbs were ankylosed or in the process of being bridged by bone. The condition was painful, resulting in lameness and loss of weight. Clinical, radiological and pathological-anatomical features are described.