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Avaliação radiográfica de osteocondrose como contributo na selecção de reprodutores equinos da raça Puro Sangue Lusitano

Authors: Teixeira, João Afoito de Almeida;

Avaliação radiográfica de osteocondrose como contributo na selecção de reprodutores equinos da raça Puro Sangue Lusitano

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ABSTRACT - RADIOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF OSTEOCONDROSIS AS A CONTRIBUTE IN THE SELECTION OF STUD-HORSES OF THE PURO SANGUE LUSITANO BREED - The osteochondrosis (OC) is a developmental orthopaedic disease with important repercussion on the horse-breeding industry. Being a disease due to multiple factors, to which contribute the environmental factors, with about 75%, and the genetic predisposition, with 25%, it’s understandable that from the manipulation of the first factors a bigger influence on the prevalence of the OC is expected. The environmental factors are diversely determined by each breeder. The studbooks have no control on these circumstances. However, it is possible that some control can be done at the level of the selection of studs. So, selection is of special importance in the fight against OC. In these registries of selection, the radiographic diagnosis appears as the image method of excellence in the OC injuries evaluation. The main goal of this study was to evaluate in radiographic terms the possible OC injuries in a population of 36 stallions of Puro Sangue Lusitano breed. Digitally supported radiographic images of the metacarpophalangeal, metatarsophalangeal, tarsocrural and femoropatellar articulations were taken, and all the horses were submitted to previous sedation. Evaluating the obtained data, comparing the results among articulations, a bigger prevalence of OC injuries was verified, in the whole of the fetlock joints articulations, which was about 47.2%. However, if these articulations are to be analysed separately, as metacarpophalangeal and metatarsophalangeal, the biggest prevalence of OC, considering the universe of the four studied articulations, will correspond to the hock joint articulation, with 36.1%. A relatively inferior value of 17.1% was found at the stifle level. In the total set of analysed animals, 74.3 % showed the existence of some OC injury. Although admitting that the studied population may not exactly reflect the reality in terms of the general breed, these results must be interpreted as an alert to the presence of osteochondrosis in potentially important levels, which justify the need for a selection registry against osteochondrosis.

A osteocondrose (OC) é uma doença ortopédica do desenvolvimento com importantes repercussões no sector da indústria equina. Tratando-se de uma doença multifactorial para a qual contribuem em cerca de 75% os factores ambientais e em 25% a predisposição genética, é compreensível que da manipulação dos primeiros factores seja esperada uma maior influência sobre a prevalência da OC nas populações. Os factores ambientais são determinados diferenciadamente por cada criador. Sobre estas circunstâncias os livros genealógicos não possuem qualquer controlo. No entanto, é possível que este seja exercido ao nível da selecção de reprodutores. Esta toma, assim, especial importância no combate contra a OC. Nestes protocolos de selecção, o diagnóstico radiográfico apresenta-se como o método imagiológico de eleição na avaliação das lesões osteocondrais. O objectivo principal deste trabalho foi avaliar radiograficamente possíveis lesões de OC numa população de 36 garanhões da raça Puro Sangue Lusitano. Foram obtidas imagens radiográficas em suporte digital das articulações metacarpofalângicas, metatarsofalângicas, tarsocrurais e femoropatelares. Todos os cavalos foram sujeitos a uma sedação prévia aos exames radiográficos. Avaliando os resultados obtidos, e ao comparar os dados entre articulações, verificou-se uma maior prevalência de lesões de OC no conjunto das articulações do boleto num total de 47,2%. No entanto, caso essas articulações sejam analisadas separadamente como metacarpofalângicas e metatarsofalângicas, a maior prevalência de OC, ao considerar o universo das 4 articulações estudadas, corresponderá à do curvilhão com 36,1%. Um valor relativamente inferior de 17,1% foi encontrado ao nível da soldra. No total de animais radiografados, 74,3% evidenciaram a existência de alguma lesão osteocondrótica. Embora admitindo que a população estudada possa não reflectir exactamente a realidade para a raça no geral, estes resultados deverão ser interpretados como um alerta para a presença da osteocondrose em níveis potencialmente importantes e que justificam a necessidade da criação de um protocolo de selecção contra a osteocondrose.

Dissertação de Mestrado Integrado em Medicina Veterinária

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Portugal
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PSL horse breed, Avaliação radiográfica, Osteocondrose, Selecção, Cavalo Puro Sangue Lusitano, Osteochondrosis, Radiographic evaluation, Selection

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