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Fatal Musculoskeletal Injuries of Quarter Horse Racehorses in California

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T.L. Sarrafian, J.T. Case, H. Kinde...

In: AAEP Annual Convention - Las Vegas, 2009 by American Association of Equine Practitioners
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DEC 09, 2009
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1. Introduction
Musculoskeletal injuries leading to euthanasia have not been characterized for Quarter Horse (QH) racehorses. The goal of this study was to determine the nature of musculoskeletal injuries in the California QH racehorse population.

2. Materials and Methods
Detailed post-mortem records were retrospectively examined for 451 QH racehorses that died on 15 California racetracks from 1990 to 2007.

3. Results
Musculoskeletal injury accounted for 72% of deaths, and 76% of those injuries occurred during racing. [...]

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Affiliation of the authors at the time of publication

J. D. Wheat Veterinary Orthopedic Research Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, California 95616, USA (Sarrafian, Stover); and California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, California 95616, USA (Case, Kinde, Daft, Read, Moore, Uzal, Anthenill, Diab, Odani, Mysore, St. Leger, Barr, Anderson)

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