splay leg
The "splay leg" syndrome affects all terrestrial animals, but is found especially in pigs: it is the major congenital cause of lameness in suckling piglets. It is characterized by a temporarily impaired functionality of the hind leg muscles immediately after birth caused by a myofibrillar hypoplasia, resulting in an abduction of the limbs and inability to stand and walk. Symptoms often improve with growth and adapted nursing. Etiology and pathogenesis is complex and remain still poorly understood.
Le syndrôme "splay leg" touche tous les animaux terrestres, mais se rencontre particulièrement chez le porc : c'est la principale cause de trouble locomoteur chez les porcelets allaités. Il est caractérisé par une altération fonctionnelle temporaire des muscles des pattes arrières liée à une hypoplasie myofibrillaire, et ce juste après la naissance. Ceci provoque une abduction des membres pelviens ainsi qu'une incapacité à se tenir debout ou marcher. Les symptomes régressent souvent avec la croissance et un nursing adapté. L'étiologie et la pathogénie sont complexes et restent aujourd'hui peu connues.
Term info
splay leg
- splay leg
Term relations
- leg defects
- Congenital disease
- affects some growing horse
- affects some growing pig
- affects some growing rabbit
- hasSymptom some paresis
- affects some cattle
- affects some lactating rabbit
- affects some gestating rabbit
- affects some suckling cattle
- affects some horse
- affects some sheep
- affects some duck
- hasSymptom some growth retardation
- affects some post-weaning rabbit, weaning rabbit, weaned rabbit
- affects some lactating sow
- affects some goat
- hasSymptom some Hypothermia
- affects some suckling pig, suckling piglet
- affects some pig, swine
- affects some post-weaning pig, weaning pig, weaner pig, post-weaning piglet, weaning piglet, weaned piglet
- affects some rabbit
- hasSymptom some weakness
- affects some suckling rabbit
- hasSymptom some asthenia
- affects some gestating sow
- affects some goose
- affects some turkey
- hasSymptom some skin lesion
- hasSymptom some death
- affects some chicken
- affects some quail
- affects some male pig
- affects some female cattle
- affects some adult pig, pig
- duck
- rabbit
- horse
- sheep
- goat
- cattle
- pig, swine
- suckling rabbit
- adult pig, pig
- lactating rabbit
- gestating rabbit
- growing rabbit
- post-weaning rabbit, weaning rabbit, weaned rabbit
- male pig
- female cattle
- suckling cattle
- lactating sow
- goose
- growing horse
- turkey
- quail
- chicken
- gestating sow
- growing pig
- post-weaning pig, weaning pig, weaner pig, post-weaning piglet, weaning piglet, weaned piglet
- suckling pig, suckling piglet