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Culling Rate of Icelandic Horses due to Bone Spavin
- Source :
- Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, Vol 44, Iss 4, Pp 161-169 (2003), Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica
- Publication Year :
- 2003
- Publisher :
- BMC, 2003.
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Abstract
- A survival analysis was used to compare the culling rate of Icelandic horses due to the presence of radiographic and clinical signs of bone spavin. A follow-up study of 508 horses from a survey five years earlier was performed. In the original survey 46% of the horses had radiographic signs of bone spavin (RS) and/or lameness after flexion test of the tarsus. The horse owners were interviewed by telephone. The owners were asked if the horses were still used for riding and if not, they were regarded as culled. The owners were then asked when and why the horses were culled. During the 5 years, 98 horses had been culled, 151 had been withdrawn (sold or selected for breeding) and 259 were still used for riding. Hind limb lameness (HLL) was the most common reason for culling (n = 42). The rate of culling was low up to the age of 11 years, when it rose to 0.05 for horses with RS. The risk ratio for culling was twice as high for horses with RS compared with horses without RS and 5.5 times higher for culling because of HLL. The risk of culling (prognostic value) was highest for the combination of RS with lameness after flexion test, next highest for RS and lowest for lameness after flexion test as the only finding. It was concluded that bone spavin affects the duration of use of Icelandic horses and is the most common cause of culling due to disease of riding horses in the age range of 7–17 years.
- Subjects :
- animal structures
lcsh:Veterinary medicine
Icelandic horses
Lameness, Animal
animal diseases
questionnaire
Iceland
food and beverages
Breeding
survival analysis
Surveys and Questionnaires
Animals
population characteristics
bone spavin osteoarthroses
lcsh:SF600-1100
Original Article
Horse Diseases
Horses
Bone Diseases
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17510147
- Volume :
- 44
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica
- Accession number :
- edsair.pmid.dedup....bdbc957848d17a44ca93880aa8862f41