2014年7月14日 · Bog spavin is a condition where a soft swelling occurs on the medial surface of the hock joint resulting from excessive fluid within the joint capsule. It is usually seen as two distinct swellings, one on the back and the other on the front of the hock joint.

Bog spavin is a swelling of the tibiotarsal joint of the horse's hock which, in itself, does not cause lameness. The joint becomes distended by excess synovial fluid and/or thickened synovial tissue bringing about a soft, fluctuant swelling on the front of the joint, as well as in the medial and lateral plantar pouches.

Bog spavin is a condition that can affect horses, specifically in the hock joint area. The hock is the joint in the horse’s hind leg, equivalent to the human ankle. Bog spavin refers to the swelling or enlargement of the tibiotarsal joint, which is the large joint of the hock.

Disorders of the tarsus (hock) include the conditions known as bog spavin, bone spavin, and curb. The tarsus can also be affected by displacement of the tendon from the hock, fracture of the tarsus, hindlimb tendon and muscle ruptures, stringhalt, and thoroughpin.

2024年6月11日 · Bog spavin is a common term for effusion in the horse’s tarsocrural joint. This painful condition describes inflammation and fluid accumulation in the joint capsule between the tibia and the tarsal bones in the hock. Bog spavin is characterized by a ring of swollen lumps around the hock.

2016年3月1日 · Greg Staller, DVM, explains potential causes, treatment options and prognosis for a dressage horse with bog spavin.

2024年7月30日 · What is Bog Spavin in Horses? Bog spavin is a cosmetic blemish or swelling of the hock joint area that is similar in appearance to windpuffs and thoroughpin. Specifically, fluid accumulation of one of the joint capsules of the hock causes the hock joint to appear swollen.

2023年7月7日 · Bog Spavin is a descriptive term for synovial effusion of the tarsocrural joint. The effusion is due to an acute or chronic low-grade synovitis which can come from any of several causes. Lameness is variable and depends upon the severity of the synovitis.

Bog Spavins are normally only a cosmetic problem but can sometimes cause a horse to go lame. Bog Spavins tend to appear in horses and ponies with weak hock conformation and may come and go with exercise.

It is a soft, fluid-filled swelling on the horse's tibiotarsal or tarsocrural joint in the hock. It appears at the front towards the inside and on the outside just below and infront of the point of the hock. It may appear on one or both hind legs. Horses with bog spavin may or may not be lame.