LAMENESS OF THE DISTAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT

Thirty horses qualified for inclusion in a study of distal interphalan geal lameness. Cases were drawn from horses presented for lameness eva luation at the University of Minnesota and the Rochester Equine Clinic between January 1991 and August 1993. Selection was based on the foll owing criteria: (1) Acute or chronic grade II-III/V lameness that was referable to the distal interphalangeal joint by intra-articular anest hesia, (2) no evidence of infectious synovitis, (3) no evidence of fra cture or osteochondral fragmentation.