Lameness (equine)

As the tightening of a leg lameness when walking ( lame ) and in veterinary medicine is called a disturbance in gait of animals colloquial.

Veterinary Medicine

Molding

Lameness are divided into supporting leg, leg slope and mixed lameness.

In a lameness the loading phase of limb movement is disturbed ( usually shortened ). Supporting leg lameness usually occur in diseases of the lower limb segments, as when placing the limb, the pressure load leads to the diseased structure to pain.

If slope leg lameness the limb can not be moved in the normal extent, which usually manifests itself in a shortened stride. You will (including their innervation ) observed rather in functional disorders of the muscles. The cause is usually located above the Pastern or ankle.

A mixed lameness occurs in both the swing and Fußungsphase the movement. The division into the two other forms of lameness is mainly used for the diagnosis of lameness in horses is important in order to make narrowing down the painful region can, in small animals occur rather mixed forms.

Severities

Lameness are divided into 4 degrees of severity.

Transferred meanings

Historically, " the Lame ," the nickname of Timur Lenk. Redensartlich it is often used ( " The speech was pretty lame ").