EJPAU 2015. Dukacz P. , Barszcz K. , Dzierzęcka M. RUPTURE OF THE THIRD PERONEAL MUSCLE IN THE HORSE

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2015
Volume 18
Issue 2/volume18

Topic:

Veterinary Medicine

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Dukacz P. , Barszcz K. , Dzierzęcka M. 2015. RUPTURE OF THE THIRD PERONEAL MUSCLE IN THE HORSE , EJPAU 18(2/volume18), #01.
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume18/issue2/volume18/abs-01.html

RUPTURE OF THE THIRD PERONEAL MUSCLE IN THE HORSE

Paweł Dukacz¹, Karolina Barszcz², Małgorzata Dzierzęcka²
¹ Horse Health Center, Veterinary Clinic, Nasielsk, Poland
² Department of Morphological Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, Poland

ABSTRACT

The third peroneal muscle (m. peroneus tertius s. m. fibularis tertius)
is an exclusively tendinous muscle in the horse. It is important component of
the reciprocal apparatus, coordinating the flexion and extension of the stifle
and hock. The clinical signs associated with this injury are characteristic in
appearance: the hock does not flex as the pelvic limb moves forward. During passively
flexing the limb, the hock can be moved independently from the stifle. The cause
of the rupture is usually trauma. The rupture occurre in the midbody of the third
peroneal muscle, at the insertion and at the origin. The location of the rupture
can be determined with the use of ultrasonography and radiography. The prognosis
of this injury depends on the location and degree of the rupture. The aim of
the study was to describe ethiology, diagnosis and treatment of the rupture of
the third peroneal muscle in 4-year-old gelded Polish Halfbred Horse.

Key words: third peroneal muscle, rupture, horse.

Paweł Dukacz
Horse Health Center, Veterinary Clinic, Nasielsk, Poland
ul. Lipowa 37
Psucin
05-190 Nasielsk
Poland

Karolina Barszcz
Department of Morphological Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, Poland
Nowoursynowska 159
02–776 Warsaw
Poland
email: karolina.barszcz@onet.eu

Małgorzata Dzierzęcka
Department of Morphological Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, Poland
Nowoursynowska 166
02-776 Warsaw
Poland

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