Table 3 Number of affected bones and the location and grade of lesions.
From: Consequences of hazardous dietary calcium deficiency for fattening bulls
Number of lesions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bone | Site | % (a/n) | Grade 1 | Grade 2 | Grade 3 | Grade 4 |
Scapulax | cavitas glenoidalis | 75 (52/69) | 45 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Humerus | caput humeri | 27 (27/99) | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
medial trochlea | 40 (40/99) | 33 | 6 | 0 | 1 | |
lateral trochlea | 8 (8/99) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
Radius | fovea capitis radii | 41 (40/97) | 23 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
incisura trochlearis | 36 (35/97) | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
Ulna | processus anconeus | 2 (2/97) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
processus coronoideus | 2 (2/97) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Femur | caput femur | 9 (9/98) | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
trochlea ossis femoris | 60 (59/98) | 38 | 13 | 8 | 0 | |
medial condyle of trochlea | 4 (4/98) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
lateral condyle of trochlea | 4 (4/98) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
Tibia | eminentia intercondylaris | 1 (1/101) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
medial condyle | 3 (3/101) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
lateral condyle | 7 (7/101) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
Tarsus | talus | 73 (74/101) | 37 | 23 | 2 | 12 |
calcaneus | 41 (41/101) | 30 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |