Sloppiness
Barrel-leggedness or varus position refers to a malposition of the limbs in animals in which the limb axes do not run vertically and straight when viewed from the front or back, but deviate outwards. This corresponds to the bow leg (genu varum) of humans, whereby in animals the axis deviation does not usually occur in the knee. In horses with clap legs, the distance between the two hocks is increased, and occasionally the forefoot or fetlock joints . In sheep, the hocks are particularly affected. The malalignment of the limbs often leads to overloading of the inner joint sections. The opposite axis deviation is referred to as cow hightness .
Individual evidence
- ^ Lutz-Ferdinand Litzke, Burkhard Rau: The hoof: textbook of the hoof shoeing . 6th edition. Georg Thieme, Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-8304-1199-4 , p. 124-125 .
- ^ Heinrich Behrens, Martin Ganter, Theodor Hiepe: Textbook of sheep diseases . Georg Thieme, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 978-3-8263-3186-2 , p. 50 .