Radiographic Analysis of the Beef Cattle Digits Slaughtered after 114 Days of Confinement
Foot disorders are responsible for up to 5% of confinement losses. Identifying the cause of lameness and applying the correct treatment are crucial measures. The possibility of determining the probable origins of digital lesions, their extension, and assistance in cases in which it was not possible...
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| author | Wanessa Patrícia Rodrigues da Silva Paulo José Bastos Queiroz Paulo Henrique Jorge da Cunha Antônio Dionísio Feitosa Noronha Filho Emmanuel Arnhold Juliano José de Resende Fernandes Kaique de Souza Nascimento Naida Cristina Borges |
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| description | Foot disorders are responsible for up to 5% of confinement losses. Identifying the cause of lameness and applying the correct treatment are crucial measures. The possibility of determining the probable origins of digital lesions, their extension, and assistance in cases in which it was not possible to reach a definitive clinical diagnosis demonstrates that the radiographic evaluation provides information of great importance on cattle digits. Thus, this study aimed to investigate possible radiographic changes in the hoof, bone structures, and soft tissues of the digits of Nelore bulls at the end of the confinement period. Regarding the main signs, 100% (n = 24) showed proliferation of enthesophytes and osteophytes and irregular contours, 62.5% (n = 15) enlargement of vascular channels, 37.5% (n = 9) osteolysis, 33.4% (n = 8) gas content in the white line region, 20.84% (n = 5) gas content in the dorsal lamina region, and 4.16% (n = 1) presented palisade periosteal reaction. Ten (41.7%) out of 24 (100%) animals evaluated at the end of the confinement presented lameness, three animals of score three, four animals of score two, and three animals of score one. The higher the score indicating the severity of the signs observed in the visual assessment of the radiographs, the higher the internal angle values (moderate correlation of 0.5 and p<0.05). A higher prevalence of osteo-proliferative radiographic changes was identified at the end of the 114-day confinement period in the third phalanx of Nellore cattle even in animals that had no lameness. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e2c6bf08a9454f4aa4df83a6befef78f2025-08-20T02:21:14ZengWileyVeterinary Medicine International2042-00482024-01-01202410.1155/2024/5512555Radiographic Analysis of the Beef Cattle Digits Slaughtered after 114 Days of ConfinementWanessa Patrícia Rodrigues da Silva0Paulo José Bastos Queiroz1Paulo Henrique Jorge da Cunha2Antônio Dionísio Feitosa Noronha Filho3Emmanuel Arnhold4Juliano José de Resende Fernandes5Kaique de Souza Nascimento6Naida Cristina Borges7School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal ScienceSchool of Veterinary Medicine and Animal ScienceSchool of Veterinary Medicine and Animal ScienceSchool of Veterinary Medicine and Animal ScienceSchool of Veterinary Medicine and Animal ScienceSchool of Veterinary Medicine and Animal ScienceSchool of Veterinary Medicine and Animal ScienceSchool of Veterinary Medicine and Animal ScienceFoot disorders are responsible for up to 5% of confinement losses. Identifying the cause of lameness and applying the correct treatment are crucial measures. The possibility of determining the probable origins of digital lesions, their extension, and assistance in cases in which it was not possible to reach a definitive clinical diagnosis demonstrates that the radiographic evaluation provides information of great importance on cattle digits. Thus, this study aimed to investigate possible radiographic changes in the hoof, bone structures, and soft tissues of the digits of Nelore bulls at the end of the confinement period. Regarding the main signs, 100% (n = 24) showed proliferation of enthesophytes and osteophytes and irregular contours, 62.5% (n = 15) enlargement of vascular channels, 37.5% (n = 9) osteolysis, 33.4% (n = 8) gas content in the white line region, 20.84% (n = 5) gas content in the dorsal lamina region, and 4.16% (n = 1) presented palisade periosteal reaction. Ten (41.7%) out of 24 (100%) animals evaluated at the end of the confinement presented lameness, three animals of score three, four animals of score two, and three animals of score one. The higher the score indicating the severity of the signs observed in the visual assessment of the radiographs, the higher the internal angle values (moderate correlation of 0.5 and p<0.05). A higher prevalence of osteo-proliferative radiographic changes was identified at the end of the 114-day confinement period in the third phalanx of Nellore cattle even in animals that had no lameness.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2024/5512555 |
| spellingShingle | Wanessa Patrícia Rodrigues da Silva Paulo José Bastos Queiroz Paulo Henrique Jorge da Cunha Antônio Dionísio Feitosa Noronha Filho Emmanuel Arnhold Juliano José de Resende Fernandes Kaique de Souza Nascimento Naida Cristina Borges Radiographic Analysis of the Beef Cattle Digits Slaughtered after 114 Days of Confinement Veterinary Medicine International |
| title | Radiographic Analysis of the Beef Cattle Digits Slaughtered after 114 Days of Confinement |
| title_full | Radiographic Analysis of the Beef Cattle Digits Slaughtered after 114 Days of Confinement |
| title_fullStr | Radiographic Analysis of the Beef Cattle Digits Slaughtered after 114 Days of Confinement |
| title_full_unstemmed | Radiographic Analysis of the Beef Cattle Digits Slaughtered after 114 Days of Confinement |
| title_short | Radiographic Analysis of the Beef Cattle Digits Slaughtered after 114 Days of Confinement |
| title_sort | radiographic analysis of the beef cattle digits slaughtered after 114 days of confinement |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2024/5512555 |
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