equinereview definitions

complicated wound

wound involving multiple structures and tissues

incised wound

skin edges are cleanly cut by a sharp object

laceration

torn or ragged wound of varying degree of damage

abrasion

area of the body surface denuded of skin of mm by some abnormal mechanical process

contusion

skin injury that includes bruising

puncture wound

sharp object passes through skin into underlying tissue

laminitis

failure of interdigitation of laminae between hoof wall and coffin bone

bowed tendon

enlarged stretched DDFT behind the cannon

navicular disease

inflammation or degredation of the distal sesamoid and surrounding tissues

bog spavin

soft swelling occuring on the medial part of hock

sweeney

atrophy of single muscle or group of muscles

capped elbow/ capped hock

inflammation of subcutaneous bursa

ringbone

osteoarthritis of the joints of the pastern

bone spavin

bony growth usually on medial and distal portion of hock

white line disease/seedy toe

seperation of hoof wall from laminae at the white line

wind puff

puffy swelling that occurs on either side of the tendons above the fetlock

sidebones

ossification of the lateral cartilages

splints

bony deposits on the upper part of the cannon

equine infectious anemia

retrovirus that remains in the WBC of the horse for life

equine influenza virus

H3N8, acquired by inhalation of virus shed by coughing horses

equine rhinopneumonitis

equine herpes

equine encephalomyelitis

togavirus spread via mosquitos

west nile virus

flavivirus spread via mosquitos

rabies

rhabodovirus

equine viral arteritis

alphaarterivirus spread via fomites and direct contact with nasal secretions

vesicular stomatitis

arbovirus causing blisters and ulcerations of the oral cavity

stallion

sexually intact male horse over 4 years

gelding

castrated male horse

mare

female horse over 4 years

broodmare

mare that is primarily used for breeding

jack

intact male donkey

jenny

intact female donkey

mule

offspring of a mare to a jack

hinny

offspring of a jenny bred to a stallion

sire

male parent

dam

female parent

foal

baby horse of either sex

colt

male horse under 4 years

filly

female horse under 4 years

weanling

foal no longer nursing from dam

yearling

1 year old horse of either sex

pigeon fever

corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis

thrush

fusobacterium necrophorum

strangles

strep equi

shaker foal

clostridium botulinum

potomac horse fever

neorickettsia risticii

rain rot

dermatophilus congolensis

ringworm

microsporum sp

equine protozoal myeloencephalitis

sarcocystic neurona

tapeworm

anoplocephala perfoliate

gutteral pouch mycosis

aspergillus sp

blood worm

strongylus vulgaris

red worm

cyanthostomes

bot fly

gasterophilus sp

roundworm/ascarid

parascaris equorum

pinworm

oxyuris equi

PaO2

reflection of the lungs ability to oxygenate the blood

PaCO2

reflection of ventilatory status

CO2

main drive to stimulate ventilation

SpO2

percentage of Hgb saturated by oxygen

ETCO2

concentration of CO2 in respiratory gases at end of expiration

lactate

reflection of anaerobic metabolism in blood

enterotomy

the surgical cutting open of intestine to evaluate its contents

anastomosis

removal of unhealthy tissue to resect viable intestine together

gas distension

build up of gas in the GI tract

pendunculating (strangling) lipoma

benign fatty tumors of mesentery that remain attached by pedicle or stalk

enteritis

inflammation or infection of small intestine

volvulus

twisting of intestine involving the mesentery between ventral and dorsal colons

torsion

any portion of the intestine twisting on itself

displacement

a portion of the intestine is not in its normal position

entrapment

a portion of the intestine outside of its normal place becomes trapped by another anatomical structure