Prevalence of Tarsal Diseases in Champion Mangalarga Marchador Horses in the Marcha Picada Modality and Its Association With Tarsal Angle

Barcelos, Kate Moura da Costa; Rezende, Adalgiza Souza Carneiro de; Biggi, Marianna; Lana, Ângela Maria Quintão; Maruch, Suzana; Faleiros, Rafael Resende

doi:10.1016/j.jevs.2016.07.012

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“…; Gregory ; Da Costa Barcelos et al . ). In the present study, the low tarsal joint angle compared to that of horses may be concurrent with the working nature of the donkey as a draught animal.…”

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Cow hock: A normal tarsal conformation in donkeys (Equus asinus)

Abdelgalil

Hassan

Torad

2018

Equine Veterinary Education

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Cow hock is a conformational deformity of the tarsal joint in which the points of hocks are close to median plane. It is a normal feature in cattle and camels while it is a definite abnormality in horses. In donkeys, cow hock has been reported in both clinically normal and lame animals. The aim of this study was to develop a new objective method to diagnose and grade cow-hocked donkeys and to test the hypothesis that cow hock is prevalent in donkeys and can be considered normal conformation. A prospective study was conducted on 50 adult Egyptian baladi donkeys free from musculoskeletal disease. Subjective and objective evaluation was performed including goniometric and radiographic assessment of tarsal joint angle in extended full-weight bearing and maximum flexion from which the range of motion was calculated. A new linear measurement was designed to compare the distance between tuber ischii, points of hock and distance between the points situated at mid-distance between medial and lateral heels. Forty-four donkeys (88%) were subjectively cow-hocked, 46 donkeys (92%) were cow-hocked based on rear view linear measurements. Thirteen donkeys (28.3%) were diagnosed with mild cow-hock, 18 (39.1%) moderate cow-hock and 15 (32.6%) severe cow-hock. Thirty-three (71.74%) of cowhocked donkeys expressed base wide, 11 (23.91%) base narrow and two (4.35%) normal distal limb conformation. No statistically significant differences were reported between right and left joint angles in both goniometric and radiographic measurements. Strong positive correlation was recorded between goniometric and radiographic angular measurements in extended, flexed as well as range of motion. Poor correlation was reported between the degree of cow hock and the extended tarsal joint angle in both right (r = 0.1) and left (r = 0.2) tarsal joint angles. The study concluded that cow hock may be a prevalent nonpathological conformation in Egyptian baladi donkeys. Material and methods AnimalsThe present study was conducted on fifty Baladi Egyptian donkeys (Equus asinus) of both sexes (27 males and 23 females) ageing 4.2 AE 1.4 (mean AE s.d.) years old, and

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Cow hock: A normal tarsal conformation in donkeys (Equus asinus)

Abdelgalil

Hassan

Torad

2018

Equine Veterinary Education

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“…), esto puede relacionarse con el hecho de que casi todos los animales presentes evidenciaron algún tipo de lesión a nivel radiológico por lo tanto se mencionan como clínicamente afectados. Autores como Barcelos et al (15) en el 2016, mencionaron realizaron un estudio en el cual se encontró una mayor prevalencia de patologías en caballos con un ángulo tarsal mayor o igual a 140° (15).…”

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Descripción radiológica de lesiones en el Tarso de caballos criollos colombianos

Rodríguez

Giraldo

Tavera

2019

Rev Colombiana Cienc Anim. RECIA

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Las patologías articulares son uno de los eventos más frecuentes de claudicación en equinos, estas pueden ser causadas por diversos factores entre los que se incluye traumatismos recurrentes, inestabilidad articular, alteraciones de la osificación e infecciones. Los eventos inflamatorios articulares propician lesiones que llevarán a un deterioro del cartílago articular favoreciendo la enfermedad articular y la presentación de hallazgos clínicos. El presente es un estudio prospectivo de carácter descriptivo en el cual se realizaron y analizaron un total de 22 radiografías de tarso en equinos, se incluyeron un total de 11 caballos de características físicas homogéneas, a los cuales se les hizo un estudio radiológico de tarso bilateral para cada animal; en el análisis radiológico se evaluó la frecuencia de hallazgos radiográficos patológicos tales como: artrofitos, disminución del espacio articular, proliferación ósea, lisis ósea, entre otros, a su vez, se determinó del ángulo tarsal para cada una de las radiografías. Del total de radiografías se encontró que el 90.9% presentó algún hallazgo radiológico patológico, a su vez, los artrófitos fueron las lesiones encontradas con mayor frecuencia en el estudio y los huesos tarso central, tarso tres las estructuras anatómicas más afectadas.

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“…In addition, poor conformation of limbs can cause lameness and produces abnormal strain in particular parts of The limbs of horses [70,71]. Likewise, researchers evaluated The prevalence of tarsal diseases in healthy Mangalarga Marchador horses at The national horse show and they concluded that these diseases can be related with small tarsal angles [72].…”

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Identification and Functional Annotation of Genes Related to Horses’ Performance: From GWAS to Post-GWAS

Littiere

Castro

Rodriguez

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Animals

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Integration of genomic data with gene network analysis can be a relevant strategy for unraveling genetic mechanisms. It can be used to explore shared biological processes between genes, as well as highlighting transcription factors (TFs) related to phenotypes of interest. Unlike other species, gene–TF network analyses have not yet been well applied to horse traits. We aimed to (1) identify candidate genes associated with horse performance via systematic review, and (2) build biological processes and gene–TF networks from the identified genes aiming to highlight the most candidate genes for horse performance. Our systematic review considered peer-reviewed articles using 20 combinations of keywords. Nine articles were selected and placed into groups for functional analysis via gene networks. A total of 669 candidate genes were identified. From that, gene networks of biological processes from each group were constructed, highlighting processes associated with horse performance (e.g., regulation of systemic arterial blood pressure by vasopressin and regulation of actin polymerization and depolymerization). Transcription factors associated with candidate genes were also identified. Based on their biological processes and evidence from the literature, we identified the main TFs related to horse performance traits, which allowed us to construct a gene–TF network highlighting TFs and the most candidate genes for horse performance.

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Prevalence of Tarsal Diseases in Champion Mangalarga Marchador Horses in the Marcha Picada Modality and Its Association With Tarsal Angle

Cited by 12 publications

References 17 publications

Cow hock: A normal tarsal conformation in donkeys (Equus asinus)

Cow hock: A normal tarsal conformation in donkeys (Equus asinus)

Descripción radiológica de lesiones en el Tarso de caballos criollos colombianos

Identification and Functional Annotation of Genes Related to Horses’ Performance: From GWAS to Post-GWAS

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