Sequestrum Formation and Osteomyelitis in a Bull

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A four‐year‐old Hereford bull was admitted to The Texas Veterinary Medical Center for evaluation of a left pelvic limb injury. In initial radiographs there was extensive soft tissue swelling but no significant osseous involvement. Additional radiographs made six weeks later identified a sequestrum on the cranial surface of the tibia and an area caudal to the tibia suggestive of an abscess. The sequestrum was removed surgically but did not communicate with the abscess in the adjacent soft tissue. Reports on bony sequestration in food animals are rare.