Bow-legged( Age: 12 days) Knee inward( Age: 5 days)
" Garrón " out( Age: 9 days)
( tarsus) deviations tend to appear at birth( the more angular) or during the first 4 or 5 months( less angular) and should be resolved before they reach the age of 4 and 6 months. Joint deviations( bowleggedness and left foot) tend to appear at 15 days to two months after birth and should be resolved before they are 2 and 3 months old( see some examples in Figure 6). An angular defect known as“ offset” which begins during gestation is very difficult to solve. It occurs when forelimb cannon and arm are on parallel lines, but on different“ rail tracks” instead of being on the same line. It forces the knee to take on a“ diagonal” conformation.
at 2 and a half months. The first must be treated with corrective paring and its evolution must be closely and regularly supervised. The other must undergo surgery with no loss of time to avoid it remaining in this condition for ever, because in order to achieve effective positive results there is very little growth left in the plates. From the data analysis I used in my Equine Production Master’ s Program thesis( that deals with alignment defects in over 2,500 controlled foals
There is a third group of defects known as“ rotational deviations” which are those in which the limb has an outward or inward rotation angle. Generally speaking, in most cases it occurs from the carpus / tarsus upward. Treatment for this type of deviation is a lot more complex.
The emergency goes hand in hand with the deviation angle and the age at which it occurs. For example: a 2 degree( out of 3) bow leg at the age of 20 days is not as urgent as though it were to occur
Left( Age: 19 days)
" Garrón " to the inside( Age: 23 days)
Offset( Age: 384 days)
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