. Special pathology and therapeutics of the diseases of domestic animals. Veterinary medicine. 958 Osteomalacia. tion is irregular or suppressed, the feces are thin, mushy and fonl smelling. Klimmer & Schmidt oiiserved the nervous disturbances described in the chapter on rachitis in several instances in such cattle herds in which osteomalacia was diagnosed (p. 942). The bone disease causes pain so that the animals lie down, dislike to rise, and move only when obliged to. On standing they arch the back ui'jward, stand with their feet spread apart, trip restlessly here and there, lift one an
. Special pathology and therapeutics of the diseases of domestic animals. Veterinary medicine. 958 Osteomalacia. tion is irregular or suppressed, the feces are thin, mushy and fonl smelling. Klimmer & Schmidt oiiserved the nervous disturbances described in the chapter on rachitis in several instances in such cattle herds in which osteomalacia was diagnosed (p. 942). The bone disease causes pain so that the animals lie down, dislike to rise, and move only when obliged to. On standing they arch the back ui'jward, stand with their feet spread apart, trip restlessly here and there, lift one and the other foot and groan while discharging urine or feces. The pains are often intermittent, sometimes paroxysmal and change, similarly to. Fig. 168. Osleonialacia in a cow. l<]niaciatioTi; lordosis of the lumbar vertebrae: the sagittal dianietei' of tlie, pelvis is iliiiiinished (compare Fig. 165). rheumatic pains, from one part of the body to another, becom- ing often so severe that horses, for instance, roll on the ground. The animals move carefully, their walk is stiff and a decided lameness is evident in one or the other, sometimes in all four feet. On walking, and also on rising, a peculiar cracking sound is perceptible, probably owing to the loosening of the articular capsules. In such cases the bones, still more the joints, the vertebral column and the pelvis are sensitive to pressure. The lower joints of the feet, also the tendon sheaths of the flexor tendons, are frequently subject to inflammatory processes with swelling of the r('sv)ecti^'e parts of the bod}^ Aecordiitg to Lienaux the Achilles tendon is often loosenetl from its attach- ment. Meanwhile tlie solidity of the ))ones is lessened more and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hutyra, Ferenc, 1860-1934; Marek, Jo?zsef, 18
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