THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF OSTEOCHONDROSIS

Authors
EKMAN S CARLSON CS
Citation
S. Ekman et Cs. Carlson, THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF OSTEOCHONDROSIS, The Veterinary clinics of North America. Small animal practice, 28(1), 1998, pp. 17
Citations number
85
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
The Veterinary clinics of North America. Small animal practice → ACNP
ISSN journal
01955616
Volume
28
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0195-5616(1998)28:1<17:TPOO>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Osteochondrosis is a disorder of epiphyseal cartilage about which ther e is considerable confusion in the literature, largely because it has been studied mainly in its chronic stages. Based on recent studies in pigs and horses, and supported by observations in dogs and cats, local ischemia, secondary to defects in cartilage canal blood supply, is a key factor in the inititation of lesions of osteochondrosis and explai ns many of the features of this disease.