supersally
Well-Known Member
Hi As the question asks can a horse go suddenly lame as a result of bone spavin. My mare (11 years old) has gone lame on her near hind a few days ago. There is no swelling or heat anywhere that we can find.(She has always had quite puffy hocks like bog spavin but passed a 5 stage vetting with flying colours when I bought her with the puffiness being the only comment by the grading vet who said that they were just like windgalls purely cosmetic) She has not had any previous symptoms infact only a few weeks ago she was pulling my arms out galloping on the beach. I have had both the farrier & the vet out today. my farrier was happy that she does not have an abcess and felt that she had most likely pulled a muscle somewhere above hock level. The vet that arrived was not the practices horse vet. He checked her hoof with the pincers with no result and spent a long time checking her hocks and tendons. He then performed a flexion test on both hocks and said that he felt that her lameness could be due to arthritic shanges as she trotted up lame after the flexion test on that leg. Bearing in mind that she was already trotting up lame I don't know how conclusive that was ! The lameness is not noticable in walk and she tracks up as normal. . He has promised to discuss the situation with the equine vet within the practice but any comments would be very welcome. Sorry its so long !!
Many thanks in advance for any advice/comments