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

dc.contributor.authorSpargo, Keith E.
dc.contributor.authorRubio-Martinez, Luis M.
dc.contributor.authorWheeler, Dale P.
dc.contributor.authorFletcher, Lizelle
dc.contributor.authorCarstens, Ann
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-24T10:01:22Z
dc.date.available2019-06-24T10:01:22Z
dc.date.issued2019-02-28
dc.description.abstractThe 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.departmentCompanion Animal Clinical Studiesen_ZA
dc.description.departmentStatisticsen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2019en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipThe South African Veterinary Foundation and the University of Pretoria’s Research Committee.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.jsava.co.zaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSpargo, 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.issn1019-9128 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2224-9435 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.4102/jsava.v90i0.1640
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/70272
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherAOSIS OpenJournalsen_ZA
dc.rights© 2019. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_ZA
dc.subjectCatastrophic musculoskeletal injuriesen_ZA
dc.subjectRacetracksen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africa (SA)en_ZA
dc.subjectHorse (Equus caballus)en_ZA
dc.subjectThoroughbred horseen_ZA
dc.titleCatastrophic musculoskeletal injuries in thoroughbred racehorses on racetracks in Gauteng- South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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