Osteochondrosis in beef bulls

By Krupnik Ya, G., Veterinariya Moskva, 1991
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On a Ukrainian farm producing 2000 beef bulls a year, about 100 had to be culled each year because of lameness. Examination of 730 bulls, supplemented by radiography of the carpus and tarsus of 15 bulls and histopathological examination of 60, revealed osteoporosis accompanied by osteochondrosis of articular cartilage. The bulls had been fed silage and concentrates
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