ANGULAR FETLOCK DEFORMITY OF THE FORE LIMBS IN CAMELS CLINICAL, RADIOLOGICAL AND HISTOPATHOLOGICAL STUDIES

(L.S. Fahmy, K.A . Farag, A.A. Hegazy1 and M.K. Zabady)

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Abstract

Out of 2629 camels, thirty camels of different ages, sexes, and breeds were diagnosed as angular fetlock deformity. Clinically, those camels were suffering from different degrees of valgus and varus deformities. The prevalent radiographic alterations were asymmetric division of the distal end of the third and fourth metacarpals accompanied by shortening deformities. The divergence angle of the distal end of the metacarpals were measured and classified into 3 grades. Necropsy and histopathological findings revealed variable degrees of secondary degenerative joint disease
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