Incidence and causes of navicular syndrome

navicular syndrome Navicular disease, podotrochlear syndromeis one of the main locomotor disorders: it is reported to represent 20 to 30% of all causes of lameness of bone origin in the horse.

navicular syndrome Navicular disease, podotrochlear syndromeappears between 5 and 12 years of age, and generally starts with attacks relieved by periods of remission during which lameness lessens.

A typical degenerative Caused by wear, and associated with activity, work or ageing.condition in a competition horse (with a long career) or a hack, navicular syndrome Navicular disease, podotrochlear syndromeunfortunately never gets better by itself: the long-term suffering and lameness associated with this syndrome soon mean that the horse is unable to work.