Deformidade de tendão flexor superficial em um bovino: relato de caso / Deformity tendon flexor surface in cattle: case report

ABSTRACT

In the treatment for the correction of flexural deformities of the forelimbs of a bovine 31 days old it has indicated the use of drugs, tenotomy of the superficial flexor tendon of members and splinting. With treatment was observed the return of the bone shaft to its normal anatomical position and greater ease in the animal movement. Thereby, therapy and applied taxonomy and the use of splints appeared as good options in the treatment of flexural deformities in young and newborn cattle.(AU)