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Tendon Injuries in Thoroughbreds in Hong Kong - The Value of Detailed Training Data
K.K.H. Lam, T.D.H. Parkin, C.M...
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Take Home Message
In addition to identifying risk factors for tendon injury, the study suggests that focusing resources on obtaining accurate training data may be misdirected in the absence of internationally agreed criteria for incident tendon injury.
Introduction
In Hong Kong tendon injuries are the single most important veterinary reason for retirement of racing Thoroughbreds. The objective of this study is to identify the risk factors for premature retirement because of tendon injury at the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC).
Materials and Methods
Design - Matched case-control study
Animals- Cases were Thoroughbred racehorses that retired due to tendon injury, between 1997 and 2004, for which the last exercise was at fast pace. Three matched control horses were randomly selected for each case from all uninjured horses that galloped on the same case date. There were 175 cases and 525 controls.
Procedures- Conditional logistic regression performed to identify risk factors for retirement due to tendon injury.
Results
Two multivariable conditional logistic regression models were created; each contained 8 explanatory variables. Case horses were older at the time of import; accumulated more race distance soon after import; were more likely to have had previous official veterinary or ultrasonographic examinations; raced fewer times during their career; had been in training for a longer period and exercised at a reduced intensity in the 180-day period prior to the case date.
Discussion
Changes in training intensity and previous clinical examinations will now be used as management tools to identify “horses at risk” of retirement due to tendon injury at HKJC.
Acknowledgement
The authors wish to thank The Hong Kong Jockey Club for funding of the project; Mr Winfried Engelbrecht, Dr Keith Watkins, and Dr Brian Stewart, and all veterinary colleagues in the Department of Veterinary Clinical Services for their support in this project.
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Affiliation of the authors at the time of publication
†1 Department of Veterinary Regulation and International Liaison, and †2 Department of Veterinary Clinical Services, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Sha Tin, N.T., Hong Kong. † ∗ Centre for Preventive Medicine, Animal Health Trust, Newmarket, CB8 7UU, UK. ‡ Epidemiology Group, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Liverpool, Leahurst, Neston, CH64 7TE, UK.
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