Canine Lameness, Second Edition, provides veterinary professionals with practical guidance for diagnosing mobility disorders in dogs. This comprehensive resource combines clinical examination techniques, diagnostic imaging, and musculoskeletal anatomy to address the challenging complexity of canine lameness diagnosis.

This revised edition takes a symptom-based approach that mirrors clinical practice, organizing content by anatomical region to simplify establishing differential diagnoses. Five new chapters expand coverage of the diagnosis and prevention of systemic and regional muscle and tendon disorders. The book features diagnostic algorithms, illustrations, charts and tables as well as 95 instructional videos demonstrating disease conditions and examination techniques at Canine Lameness Textbook, 2nd edition - YouTube.

This book:

Canine Lameness serves as an essential patient-side resource for veterinarians, students, surgeons, sports medicine specialists, neurologists, and rehabilitation professionals seeking to accurately diagnose canine mobility disorders through systematic evaluation and evidence-based approaches.

List of Contributors xi

Foreword xiii

Acknowledgments xv

About the Companion Website xvi

 

SECTION 1 Lameness Diagnosis 1

PART I Lameness Evaluation 3

PART II Diagnostic Techniques 113

 

SECTION 2 Regional Diagnosis 169

PART III General Considerations 171

PART IV Distal Limb Lameness 219

PART V Thoracic Limb Lameness 249

PART VI Pelvic Limb Lameness 361

 

Glossary 000

Index 000

is Professor of Small Animal Orthopedics at Colorado State University and co-leader of the Orthopedic Medicine and Mobility Service at the James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.

 

is Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Medicine and Mobility at Colorado State University and co-leader of the Orthopedic Medicine and Mobility Service at the James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.