Bile (veterinary medicine)
In veterinary medicine , especially in equine medicine, bile denotes an increase in the size of synovial structures ( joints , tendon sheaths , bursa ), which is caused by an inflammatory increase in the synovia . While galls from skin bursa are mostly only a cosmetic problem, swelling of the other structures also leads to lameness . In addition to such synovial swellings, the term "gall" is used for pressure-related inflammation of the hoof dermis (→ stone gall ).
Depending on the synovial structure involved, a distinction is made between:
- Joint bile
- Tendon sheath bile ( tendovaginitis )
- Bursa bile ( bursitis )
For some structures that are more frequently affected, special names have been used:
- Egg bile : swelling of the bursa on the calcaneus bone ( bursa subtendinea calcanea )
- Bulge on the neck : swelling of the bursa between the neck band and atlas ( bursa subligamentosa nuchalis cranialis ). If the disease is chronic, calcification of the neck ligament can occur.
- Knee sponge : swelling of the skin at the front bursa Pastern ( Bursa subcutanea precarpalis )
- Cross bile : swelling of the ankle
- Curben bile : swelling of the tendon sheath shared by the flexor digitorum lateralis and tibialis caudalis muscles
- Lying bump : swelling of the bursa under the insertion of the biceps femoris muscle on the lateral condyle of the thigh bone ( bursa subtendinea musculi bicipitis femoris )
- Pickaxe : swelling of the skin bursa on the heel bone ( bursa subcutanea calcanea )
- Stollbeule : swelling of the skin mucus sac on the elbow hump ( Bursa subcutanea olecranii )
Treatment depends on whether the inflammation is infectious or non-infectious. It takes place as with bursitis in human medicine.