The Radiographical assessment of occurrence and degree of carpal bone fracture in Kurd horse

Subject Areas : Journal of Large Animal Clinical Science Research(JLACSR)

Received: 2021-08-15 Accepted : 2021-08-15 Published : 2014-04-21

Keywords: Kurd horse, Radiography, Carpus, Carpal Fracture,

Abstract :

There have not been any studies that document radiographic abnormalities in Kurd horse. The aim of this study was determine the occurrence and prevalance of carpal fracture and determine the indicators of the degree and frequency of those. For this purpose medical records, radiographs of 100 Kurd horses were reviewed. Information gathered included signalmen, location, number, and size of the primary lesion, number and size of palmar carpal fragments, and also effects of age, sex, distribution in left and right carp on their incidence rate. The site with the highest number of fracture was the palmar lateral aspect of the MCJ (64.5%), followed by the palmar medial aspect of the MCJ (19.4%). Fractures most commonly involved the distodorsal aspect of the RCB (58.1%), followed by the dorsal aspect of C3 (25.8%), slab fractures of C3 (19.4%). This study showed carpal fracture can be used as an indicator of clinically important joint pathology and as a prognostic indicator in Kurd horses and radiography is a valuable method for diagnosing of disordered carp (in relation with factors such as sex, age and site) and also their frequency.

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