Catastrophic musculoskeletal injuries in thoroughbred racehorses on racetracks in Gauteng- South Africa

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dc.contributor.author Spargo, Keith E.
dc.contributor.author Rubio-Martinez, Luis M.
dc.contributor.author Wheeler, Dale P.
dc.contributor.author Fletcher, Lizelle
dc.contributor.author Carstens, Ann
dc.date.accessioned 2019-06-24T10:01:22Z
dc.date.available 2019-06-24T10:01:22Z
dc.date.issued 2019-02-28
dc.description.abstract The incidence and types of catastrophic musculoskeletal injuries in Thoroughbreds that resulted in euthanasia on selected racetracks in South Africa between 1998 and 2012 were investigated by an observational retrospective investigation. Data from the National Horseracing Authority of Southern Africa for these racetracks were used to calculate incidence rates in Thoroughbreds (n = 114) that sustained catastrophic musculoskeletal injuries during racing that required immediate euthanasia, based on the diagnosis made by the on-site veterinarian as well as on fetlock radiographs and dissections of 53 cadaver limbs of horses that sustained a catastrophic musculoskeletal injury. The proximal sesamoid bones and the distal suspensory ligament were involved in 55.26% of horses; 73.58% of the cadaver limb radiographs were of the left forelimb, 64.15% were closed fractures, and 74.47% had biaxial proximal sesamoid bone fractures. Catastrophic musculoskeletal injuries occurred almost exclusively unilaterally and involved mostly the left front leg. The average incidence rate for a catastrophic musculoskeletal injury occurring in a year at any of the tracks was 0.6 of 1000 starts. en_ZA
dc.description.department Companion Animal Clinical Studies en_ZA
dc.description.department Statistics en_ZA
dc.description.librarian am2019 en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorship The South African Veterinary Foundation and the University of Pretoria’s Research Committee. en_ZA
dc.description.uri http://www.jsava.co.za en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation Spargo, K.E., Rubio-Martinez, L.M., Wheeler, D.P., Fletcher, L., Carstens, A., 2019, ‘Catastrophic musculoskeletal injuries in Thoroughbred racehorses on racetracks in Gauteng, South Africa’, Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 90(0), a1640. https://DOI.org/10.4102/jsava.v90i0.1640. en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn 1019-9128 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 2224-9435 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.4102/jsava.v90i0.1640
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/70272
dc.language.iso en en_ZA
dc.publisher AOSIS OpenJournals en_ZA
dc.rights © 2019. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. en_ZA
dc.subject Catastrophic musculoskeletal injuries en_ZA
dc.subject Racetracks en_ZA
dc.subject South Africa (SA) en_ZA
dc.subject Horse (Equus caballus) en_ZA
dc.subject Thoroughbred horse en_ZA
dc.title Catastrophic musculoskeletal injuries in thoroughbred racehorses on racetracks in Gauteng- South Africa en_ZA
dc.type Article en_ZA


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