Abstract
The hock is a complex joint comprising a number of low-motion joints and a single high-motion joint, together with a large number of soft tissues consisting of ligaments and tendons with their own tendon sheaths and bursae. The hock, including the proximal metatarsal region, is considered the most common site for hindlimb lameness and so ultrasound offers significant diagnostic benefit for this area. The indications for ultrasound examination of the hock are soft tissue swellings in the region of the hock (including effusions of the tarsoscrural joint, tendon sheaths and bursae), wounds including detection of foreign bodies, and lameness localised to the tarsal region. This article describes the ultrasonographic technique and normal ultrasonographic anatomy, and shows examples of the most common pathologies encountered.
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