Epidemiology

Wed 23 May 2012

Osteochondrosis and osteochondral fragments in Standardbred trotters: Prevalence and relationships

S. LYKKJEN, K. H. ROED, N. I. DOLVIK Equine Veterinary Journal May 2012 44 3 332-338

Full paper:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.2042-3306.2011.00434.x/abstract

Radiographic Abnormalities in Barrel Racing Horses with Lameness Referable to the Metacarpophalangeal Joint

Bruno Carvalho Menarim, Vânia Maria Vasconcelos Machado, Luís Emiliano Cisneros Alvarez, Rodrigo Carneiro, Leandro Busch, Luiz Carlos Vulcano Journal of Equine Veterinary Science April 2012 32 4 216-221

Histologic and histomorphometric evaluation of midcarpal joint defects in Thoroughbreds raised with and without early conditioning exercise

Woong Kim, PhD; Chris E. Kawcak, DVM, PhD; C. Wayne McIlwraith, BVSc, PhD; Elwyn C. Firth, BVSc, PhD; Neil D. Broom, PhD American Journal of Veterinary Research April 2012 73 4 498-507

Owner survey of tarsocrural effusion (bog spavin) in Clydesdale horses

M. P. Weaver, BVMS, PhD, DrMedVet, DVR, MRCVS and L. Wilant, BVM&S, MRCVS Veterinary Record March 2012 170 11 286

Prevalence of radiographic changes in yearling and 2-year-old Quarter Horses intended for cutting

E. K. CONTINO, R. D. PARK, C. W. MC ILWRAITH Equine Veterinary Journal March 2012 44 2 185-195

Identification of risk factors for traumatic injury in the general horse population of north-west England, Midlands and north Wales

K. R. OWEN, E. R. SINGER, P. D. CLEGG, J. L. IRELAND, G. L. PINCHBECK Equine Veterinary Journal March 2012 44 2 143-148

Exercise in Thoroughbred yearlings during sales preparation: A cohort study

C. F. BOLWELL, C. W. ROGERS, N. P. FRENCH, E. C. FIRTH Equine Veterinary Journal January 2012 44 1 20-24

Full paper:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.2042-3306.2011.00370.x/abstract

Descriptive epidemiology of joint injuries in Thoroughbred racehorses in training

S. R. REED, B. F. JACKSON, C. W. MC ILWRAITH, I. M. WRIGHT, R. PILSWORTH, S. KNAPP, J. L. N. WOOD, J. S. PRICE, K. L. P. VERHEYEN Equine Veterinary Journal January 2012 44 1 13-19

Full paper:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.2042-3306.2010.00352.x/abstract

Evaluation of catastrophic musculoskeletal injuries in Thoroughbreds and Quarter Horses at three Midwestern racetracks

Andrea L. Beisser, BA; Scott McClure, DVM, PhD, DACVS; Chong Wang, PhD; Keith Soring, DVM; Rudy Garrison, DVM; Bryce Peckham, DVM Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association November 1, 2011 239 9 1236-1241

Equine hospital data as a source for study of prevalence and heritability of osteochondrosis and palmar/plantar osseous fragments of Swedish Warmblood horses

L. JÖNSSON, G. DALIN, A. EGENVALL, A. NÄSHOLM, L. ROEPSTORFF, J. PHILIPSSON Equine Veterinary Journal November 2011 43 6 695-700