What’s your diagnosis? Metacarpal fracture and sequestrum in a cattle

By Fluckiger, M. and Oertle, C. and Steiner, A., Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde, 1991
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Description
Case report of a 2-year-old female cow with lameness and metacarpal inflammation is presented. Diagnosis of fracture followed by development of a sequestrum on the left metacarpus was achieved by radiography. Surgical operation including removal of the sequestrum is described. Aetiology and pathogenesis is discussed
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