Abstract
This is a case report of atrophy of the shoulder muscles (sweeny) – supra and infraspinatusdue to suprascapular nerve injury in a horse, cross breed, male, with 15 years of age, weigh350 kg, used for traction, seen at the Veterinary Hospital (HCV) from the Santa Catarina StateUniversity (UDESC), Agroveterinary Sciences Center (CAV) from Lages, SC, Brazil. Theanimal showed clinical signs such as muscle atrophy of the scapular region and moderateinstability of the shoulder joint of the left forelimb. Due to chronic and irreversible changes inthe musculature, with no further complications to the animal, treatment was based onreducing workload and suitability of tack used in the animal. This is the first clinicaldescription in Brazil of atrophy of the supra and infraspinatus muscles due to injury of thesuprascapular nerve with chronic presentation.
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