What kind of disease is Matt's "progressive paralysis"?

Progressive paralysis of horses is also called horse lameness. For sports horses, "claudication (bǒ) is a very common limb and hoof disease. Lame, also called "limping" in Chinese medicine. Lameness is not a disease name, but a comprehensive symptom of limb dysfunction.

The causes of horse's "limping" are quite complicated, such as inflammation of skin and subcutaneous tissue, diseases of bone ligaments and joints, hoof diseases, etc., which will all lead to limping due to pain. In addition, paralysis, osteomalacia, acute overwork, muscle rheumatism, surgical injury, infectious diseases, parasites, obstetric diseases, medical diseases and so on can also induce claudication. Horse's "limping" is usually caused by some discomfort of the horse's limbs, which can be divided into: limping in support period, limping in exercise period, mixed limping and special limping.

About 80% of the horse's forelimbs limp, of which 75% occur below the wrist joint and 50% below the ball joint. We will introduce the causes and preventive methods of horse lameness from the following five aspects.

Scientific and reasonable breeding is very necessary for sports horses. Sports horses need to eat some nutritious and balanced feed to strengthen their physique. The lack of minerals or vitamins in feed will cause metabolic disorder of bones and joints and become a systemic factor causing claudication. Different additives will also have different effects on the joints, muscles, tendons and hooves of horses. It is particularly noteworthy that the proportion of phosphorus and calcium should also be balanced in feeding to avoid "osteomalacia" caused by calcium deficiency in horses.

As the saying goes, "no hoof can make a horse", it can be seen that the hoof health of a horse is very important. The lameness of many sports horses is caused by the wrong nail hoof. Nailing hooves looks like a simple job, but the details can reflect the skill of nailing hooves. First of all, we should observe the shape, size, angle and size of shoes, nail holes and gaskets before nailing shoes. , and the best scheme to repair hooves will be produced through several correct combinations. A good hoof nail master has a very comprehensive grasp of horseshoes, and at the same time he should be very careful. In addition, it is a powerful measure to maintain the normal function of limbs and hooves. If the hoof is cut and installed improperly, it can directly cause hoof disease and induce limb disease. This will cause the horse to limp after nailing the palm and damage the horseshoe. Therefore, it is very important for Malay to nail the palm carefully and properly.

Some limps are sudden, some are slow, and some are intermittent. Up to now, the most common clinical claudication is due to improper exercise, resulting in mechanical injury of all parts of limbs, pain after injury, leading to motor dysfunction. Injury of peripheral nerves of limbs often leads to relaxation of controlled muscles and claudication under certain conditions. Lameness can occur in one limb, two limbs, three limbs, or even all limbs at the same time. In addition, irregular exercise and rest can also lead to the limping of sports horses. Lameness caused by exercise requires professional horse doctors to diagnose and treat it, so that the horse can recover to the greatest extent.