Bone spavin?

[smellsofhorse]

could you give me the basic details and any experience you have please.

I had a 3 year old ex race horse, she race 4 times.

While i had her we did basic schooling and ground work.
She got kicked on the inside of her hock, it was quite deep, but the vet wasnt concerned, she has antibiotic for a few days and some cream, it cleared up well.

I sold her to a lovely lady, that had lots of experience schooling backing, etc.
she had a slight scab on the cut when she went.

She settled in well, didnt do much allowing her to grow and mature had no problems until at least 8 weeks later, the same area was swollen again, she said first it was the same cut then said it was a new kick, new cut etc.
The vet saw it, gave antibiotic and told them to turn her out.

Now 2 weeks on she is lame again, foot access in front and hock swollen hock that apparently hasnt gone down totally from last vet visit.

She is concerned it is a bone spavin but i thought that was more in older horses?
The final stages of degenerative join disease?
I know she has done more in her life than most horses.

Could the kick have caused it?

http://www.ed.ac.uk/polopoly_fs/1.23110!fileManager/bone_spavin.pdf

 

[letrec_fan]

My boy has bone spavins in back hocks and I am no expert but I believe they are bony arthritic growths which cause pain. I do not know how else horses develop them but what your describing doesn't sound like it would cause a bone spavin. If the cut was harder enough to have damaged the bone she could have possible bone spavins in the future but thats all I could think of. I don't think they just 'develop' like that as such. Any other posters are free to tell me I'm wrong, my experience if just of my boy and his x-rays.

 

[smellsofhorse]

Thanks letrec_fan.
I didnt think it sounded right too.
If the kick was hard enough to cause damage to the bone/cartilage then she would have been a lot worse at the time.

Yes it could have caused bone changes but not bone spavin.
Or am i wrong?

 

[quirky]

Arthritic changes can be caused by trauma, so it could possibly be spavins.
Only way to find out is x-rays.