A study on the apparent dental disorders in the horses of Tabriz area

Subject Areas : Veterinary Clinical Pathology

علی Hasanpour ¹ , s.m Deljo ² , مجید Ebrahimi-Hamed ³

1 - Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Islamic Azad University,Tabriz Branch, Tabriz, Iran
2 - Graduate of Veterinary Medicine, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch, Tabriz, Iran
3 - Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Islamic Azad University, Urmia Branch, Urmia, Iran

Received: 2008-01-15 Accepted : 2008-05-19 Published : 2008-02-20

Keywords: horse, Outwardly disorders, dental,

Abstract :

       This study was done to evaluate apparent dental disorders of horses in Tabriz area. Among the 120 horses evaluated, 65.83% had dental disorders. The most prevalent dental disorder observed was dental tartar (65.22%) while dental caries was the least prevalent (5.43%). The occurrence of dental tartar was significantly higher than the other disorders (p<0.01). Arab horses had the greatest number of dental disorders but they had no significant difference in comparison with the other breeds. The relationship between age and prevalence of dental disorders was considered significant with a regression coefficient of r=0. 873 (p<0.05). Dental wear was the most prevalent type of dental disorder observed in horses that had the abnormal behavior of crib- biting and there was a significant relationship between the presence of dental wear and crib- biting (p<0.01) (r=0.736).  

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