A comparison of subjective and quantitative methods for detection of physitis in Thoroughbred foals.

作者: AC Ineson , CW Rogers , EC Firth , EK Gee

DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2004.36406

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摘要: Abstract AIM: To compare subjective and quantitative methods of assessing physeal swelling the distal third metacarpal (Mc3) metatarsal (Mt3) bones Thoroughbred foals. METHODS: The fetlocks 16 foals were filmed on five occasions over a period 5 months video images transferred to computer digitised. rate change each medial lateral contours Mc3 Mt3 was determined by calculating values for second derivative contour. degree at same site subjectively assessed allocated grade based an ordinal scale severity. maximum value compared with swelling. RESULTS: sites slight-to-distinct (Grade ≥1.5) significantly higher (p=0.001) than no apparent 0). CONCLUSION: This finding indicates that va...

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