Hypertrophic osteopathy in a pregnant doe with bronchopneumonia

Abstract

An 18 month old Boer doe in late pregnancy was presented for severe distal limb swelling and lameness of all 4 limbs, hyporexia, and tachypnea. Doe was hyporexic for several days prior to presentation and was ~ 137 - 141 days pregnant. Radiography showed that the doe had bronchopneumonia, and palisading periosteal proliferation of her metacarpal bones and proximal phalanges. A diagnosis of hypertrophic osteopathy secondary to bronchopneumonia, or pregnancy, or the combined effects of bronchopneumonia and pregnancy, was made. Three months following parturition and treatment for pneumonia, doe was re-evaluated, at that time, both pneumonia and orthopedic changes were almost completely resolved. This represents the first reported case of hypertrophic osteopathy in a domestic goat. It is uncertain what role bronchopneumonia and advanced pregnancy had in the development of hypertrophic osteopathy.