Osteochondrosis is a common and clinically important joint disorder that occurs in human
beings and in multiple animal species, most commonly pigs, horses, and dogs. This disorder …

Osteochondrosis is defined as a focal disturbance in endochondral ossification. The
cartilage superficial to an osteochondrosis lesion can fracture, giving rise to fragments in …

This is a German translation of the 4th edition of this classic textbook, the first English edition
of which appeared in 1962. The 4th edition was published in 1989, and has been translated …

This paper summarises and interrelates the findings of a large‐scale multidisciplinary
investigation to assess the influence of exercise on the development of the equine …

Osteochondrosis (OC) in the horse has been defined as a disturbance in the process of
endochondral ossification which is of multifactorial origin, becoming evident in a large …

Developmental Orthopaedic Disease (DOD) in limb joints of horses is frequent and is a
common cause of pain and lameness. DOD is a multifactorial disease involving genetics …

Osteochondrosis (OC) can be defined as a disturbance of the process of endochondral
ossification of the articular-epiphyseal complex. The ensuing irregularities of the ossification …

The influence of inherent variables (sex, birth weight, final achieved height, monthly weight
gain rates and osteochondrosis (OC) status of the parents) on the occurrence of …

The study of early developmental conditioning of health and disease in adulthood is
particularly relevant in the horse, which is bred mainly to perform in demanding sport …

Osteochondrosis (osteochondrosis dissecans; OCD) is a disease syndrome of growing
cartilage related to different clinical entities such as epiphysitis, subchondral cysts and …