what is "ossified lateral cartilage"? found old vets report..

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met up with horseys old owner today who gave me some old paperwork she had including the vetting she had done 4 years ago - it was done by a local well known very picky vet who never passes anything, and he passed but it details a left ossified lateral cartilage - what does this mean? horsey is very sound with me and never had any issues so just wondered what it means? Also says hi blowing noise - what could that refer to?

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ossification is the process of cartilage turning into bone
Lateral refers to the 'outside' rather than medial 'inside' (of fetlock for example)
so....the lateral cartilage has hardened and turned to bone like tissue.

Blowing noise is the noise they make when they breathe, so not quite sure what the 'hi' bit would be for...may be high??
 
the lateral cartilage is in the hoof its a part of the foot that should not be ossified(turned to bone)as its used for shock absorption in the foot.
how sound is the horse?did it pass the vetting ie did it trot sound in a sharp circle?did you get it vetted?
The hi blowing noise could indicate roaring but it might just have been that the horse was unfit and had difficulty with that part of the vetting
 
Ossified or sometimes refered to as "Calcified" means the soft cartlidge which has lost its springyness and gone hard. Eg lateral catrlidge are attatched to each side of the pedal bone, and are visable above the coronet, normally they are springy but with age they become hard and boney, sometimes this is refered to as ossification or calcification of lateral cartlige which in laymans terms is sidebone. A highblower is nothing to worry about this is a term used alot in race horses, (Iam trying to think of an easy way to describe it) Its when your cantering or galloping the horse, he can sound like he is constantly blowing his nose sort of thing, like they sometimes do just stood in the stable, its NOTHING to worry about and doesnt mean they need a wind op. Iam not very good at explaining things in writing Iam better saying it! Hope this helps.
 
thanks for the help - horsey is very sound, have loaned him for a year before buying, have spoke to vets so knew about history just wanted clarification. yep he passed vetting - to be honest even with something dreadful i would have bought him as we are only happy hackers and he is a superstar and i went into this with my eyes open so when the time comes if he needs a quieter life then he shall get it.
 
My horse was badly lame with side bone, so bad that he was thought to have a bad case of navicular.

Remedial farriery and trimming did the trick, but he still takes at least 15 mins to warm up and is ok to start trotting, any sooner and he is lame.

If you can avoid hard fast work (including trotting) on hard ground and roads.
 
Sidebone. My horse had hers diagnosed through xray almost 4 years ago.

We can't trot on the road, and if the ground is really hard after long periods without rain then the bridlepaths can be a bit hard on her too.
 
My horse had an X ray 4 years ago when investingating something else and it showed up an ossified lateral cartilage. The vet said it wasn't good, see how she goes etc. and that her ridden life may be limited, so I thought, ok, this might be our last summer riding, lets do everything she can manage (providing she isn't lame obviously), and here we are four years later STILL having fun. I haven't lessened her workload either, we do hunter trials, ODE, TREC, elem dressage and she has never been in the slightest bit lame.
Vet came for vaccinations recently and I mentioned it, and he said that sometimes they are like that and to carry on, it shouldn't be a problem if it hasn't been already.
 
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