Browsing Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM) by Subject "Osteoarthritis"

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    • Experimental models of osteoathritis- a review of literature. 

      Mande, JD; Buoro,BJ; Mbugua,SW; Mbithi, PMF (Department of Clinical Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, 2002)
      Osteoarthritis is one of the common orthopaedic conditions that continue to afllict geriatric veterinary and human medical patients. So far, there is no available cure of this condition. Conventional treatment modalities ...

    • Volume of the ligamentum capitis femoris in osteoarthritic hip joints of adult dogs 

      Mande, J. O.; Mbithi, Peter Mulwa F; Mbugua, S.W.; Buoro, I. B. J.; Gathumbi, P.K. (Department of clinical studies, 2003)
      Ventrodorsal pelvic radiographs were made of 32 adult dogs under general anaesthesia. The hip joints were evaluated according to the severity of osteoarthritic changes graded as 0,1,2 or 3. The dogs were euthanased, the ...