Measurement of osteocalcin (a marker of joint metabolism) in 2-week-old foals might be useful for identifying foals at risk for developing osteochondrosis.
Osteochondrosis (OC) is a developmental orthopedic disease that results from a disruption in the growth of articular cartilage located in specific joints, most frequently the tarsocrural joint in the hock. The exact causes of OC remai
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