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spavin
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spavin
diseases of the hock joint.

bone spavin
osteoarthritis or osteitis of the distal intertarsal and tarsometatarsal joints of the horse. The lesions are those of a degenerative bone disease terminating in the formation of exostoses and in ankylosis of the joint. Lameness is a constant finding. There may or may not be a local bony swelling.
spavin knife
see Warmberg spavin knife.
occult spavin
a spavin in which the clinical signs are evident but there is no external bony enlargement.
spavin test
the horse's hindlimb is held in a flexed position, with the metatarsus parallel to the ground for several minutes. Increased lameness afterwards is considered a positive test for spavin. Called also hock flexion test.


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