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Large Animal Surgery Angular limb deformities What subset of the population most commonly gets flexor tendon laxity Premature foals What is the pathogenesis of flexor tendon laxity Uterine malposition Premature parturition Flaccidity of flexor muscles Misc mare factors (infections, nutrition etc) What is the treatment for flexor tendon laxity Controlled exercise is usually sufficient Also swimming or a glue on shoe with palmar extension in severe cases What is the prognosis for flexor tendon laxity Good How long does it usually take for full recovery Full recovery in about 2 weeks Why do you not cast or splint foals with flexor tendon laxity Weakening of the soft tissue supporting structures which causes articular laxity upon cast removal Following cast removal how long should return to exercise take As long as the limb was immobilized What does an injury to the DDF look like Toe is pointing up What is the treatment for DDF laceration or laxity Suture the tendon together Orthopedic shoe with raised and extended heal What is club foot Flexural deformity of the coffin joint Where and in what age group is club foot most common Young animals In the thoracic limb What is the medical treatment for flexural deformity Controlled exercise Lower nutrition plane Physical therapy Bandage splints or casts Oxytet 3 grams Phenylbutazone Corrective shoeing Hoof trimming How does oxytet help Binds the calcium relaxing the muscle Do cows have a check ligament No What is the treatment for a calf with a contracted tendon Physical therapy and stretching Can glue a shoe on with an extended toe What is the surgical therapy for a contracted tendon in cattle Cut SDF, DDF and maybe the joint capsule If you cut the SDF or DDF what else must you do Cast or splint What happens after the cast is removed Tendon laxity What is the prognosis for return to function Guarded to poor What is your diagnosis Chronic club foot How do you differentiate this from laminitis P3 is parallel to the hoof w