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FRACTURES

Types of fracture
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INFECTION OF BONE

Septic or infectious osteitis

Osteomyelitis
BONE CYSTS

11 MUSCLE DISEASE AND NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS

SKELETAL MUSCLE INJURY AND DISEASE

Introduction
Muscle strains and tears

Muscle atrophy

EXERTIONAL RHABDOMYOLYSIS SYNDROME (ERS)

POLYSACCHARIDE STORAGE MYOPATHY (PSSM)

HYPERKALAEMIC PERIODIC PARESIS (HYPP)

FIBROTIC OR OSSIFYING MYOPATHY

SHIVERING

STRINGHALT

WOBBLER SYNDROME

EQUINE MOTOR NEURON DISEASE (EMND)

TETANUS (LOCKJAW)

BOTULISM

EQUINE GRASS SICKNESS (EGS)

ATYPICAL MYOPATHY

TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA AND HEADSHAKING IN HORSES

12 THE HORSE’S SPINE AND PELVIS

THE HORSE’S SPINE

Anatomy