Examples of gait abnormalities

EXAMPLES OF GAIT ABNORMALITY

  • Stiff gait : Tetanus, rheumatism, osteomalacia, fluorosis, calcinosis.
  • Stumbling gait : later stages of grass tetany in the cow in such a way as practically to result in a somersault.
  • Circling gait: Vestibular disease, Cystic stage of taenia multiceps (Gid), Listeriosis, Pregnancy toxaemia, Ketosis in cattle, Otitis media / interna,
  • Staggering gait : Acidosis, ketosis, hypomagnesemia.
  • Goose stepping gait : excessive range, force, exaggerated flexion – Pantothenic acid deficiency (Pigs).
  • Stilted gait: walking on the tip of the toe.
  • Wobbling gait : there is slight in co-ordination of gait with knuckling over of the fetlock and swaying particularly of the hindquarters.
  • Swaying of the hind quarters: hind limb paralysis in dogs
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