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Rupture of the flexor tendons of a horse secondary to a non‐responsive digital sheath sepsis
Author(s) -
Kidd J.A.,
Voute L.C.,
Hewetson M.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.155.7.201
Subject(s) - horse , medicine , anatomy , hindlimb , antibiotic therapy , sepsis , surgery , biology , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , paleontology
A 12‐year‐old hunter gelding became severely lame as a result of a laceration to the sheath of the digital flexor tendons of its left hindlimb, but there was no apparent damage to the tendons. The injury became chronically infected with Pseudomonas and Streptococcus species and Escherichia coli which did not respond to antibiotic treatment, and the horse remained lame. A postmortem examination revealed that the tendons had ruptured.