Pathogenesis of OCD: how does this translate to management of the clinical case?

摘要

Osteochondrosis (OC) is common in many breeds of horses. Osteochondrosis is a decisively invalidating disease only in relatively exceptional cases where lesions are so extensive that no repair is possible. Nevertheless, it has a strong impact on equine welfare and on the economics of the equine industry because of the loss of potential breeding stock and the decrease in value of affected horses. Research in recent years has shed more light on the pathogenesis and provided more insight in this very complex disease, which may help us in reducing the impact of the disorder.