decumbency

Updated: May 7, 2025

While in many cases of pelvic fracture lameness or abnormal decumbency are the salient manifestations, yet the pathognomic symptoms are crepitation or palpable evidence which may be obtained by rectal or vaginal examination. In fractures of the angle of the ilium and the ischial tuberosity, perceptible evidence always exists.

John Victor Lacroix - Lameness of the Horse: Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1