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LESÕES PODAIS EM ASININOS (Equus asinus) UTILIZADOS EM VEÍCULOS DE TRAÇÃO ANIMAL NA CIDADE DE SÃO LUÍS, MARANHÃO

2011; UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE GOIÁS; Volume: 12; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5216/cab.v12i2.8953

ISSN

1809-6891

Autores

Nancyleni Pinto Chaves, Danilo Cutrim Bezerra, Porfírio Candanedo Guerra, Hélder de Moraes Pereira, Hamilton Pereira Santos, Luís Carlos Vulcano,

Tópico(s)

Veterinary Equine Medical Research

Resumo

Forty male and female animals, aged between 2.5 and 16 years were clinically and radiographically examined in order to study the occurrence of lesions of the distal phalanx of forelimbs in cart horses. The clinical examination showed that 20% of the animals had grade 2 lameness, due, mainly, to hoof irregularity, sole damage and frog destruction. Radiographic exam showed 100% of pedal osteitis, 22.5% of phalanx fracture and 17.5% of phalanx rotation. Despite the severe level of injury in the third phalanx, animals did not show clinical signs consistent with the radiographic findings, concluding that donkeys are very resistant and that the lesions observed in the distal phalanx affect to a lesser extent the carrying out of these animal's activities.KEY WORDS: Cart; horses; musculoskeletal; physical examination; radiograph.

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