Relationship between Brazilian Thoroughbred race horses performance and lay-up period after osseous thoracic limb diseases

Ciência Rural

Marsel De Carvalho Pereira¹  Carlos Augusto Araújo Valadão²  Antonio Sergio Ferraudo²  Carolina Berkman²  Guilherme De Camargo Ferraz²  Antonio Queiroz-neto² 

[1] ,Universidade de Cuiabá (UNIC)Cuiabá MT ,Brasil

关键词: horse;    race classification;    rehabilitation;    multiple correspondence analyses;    cavalo;    rabilitação;    análise de correspondências múltiplas;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0103-84782013000700023

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

It is well established in the literature that musculoskeletal injuries are important compromising agents in the performance of Thoroughbred horses. In Brazil, there are no studies on the interrelation between lay-up period post-injury and retirement of racehorses due to musculoskeletal injures. The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between rehabilitation times of track injures and variables of prior race performance and later return to competitions. The radiographic reports and athletic history of 416 thoroughbreds during the period between 2003 and 2006 were examined; they were selected based on continued presentations after injury diagnosis. The temporal variables (post-injury rehabilitation time) and performance variables (race score before and after injury) were evaluated by multivariate correspondence analysis of the data and represented in perceptual maps. Correspondence was observed between most of the animals that had a short lay-up post-injury and variables that denote decline in subsequent performance. Considering the integrity of the bone healing process as crucial for the horse to be able to handle later training routines and competitions, shortening this period could lead to an imbalance of the bone repair metabolism, thus resulting in performance decline and compromise of the horse athletic career.

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