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The aim of this thesis is the literary review elaboration regarding the bone skeleton in horses and fractures regarding specific bones. Intraarticular bone fractures were excluded from the literary review because of their high variance, which is beyond scope of this thesis. Next aim of this thesis was to inspect the fracture occurrence, progress and treatment using the statistical analysis. There are 294 English thoroughbreds in total from two countries in five year period included in the analysis. Totally 125 fractures in USA and 169 fractures in Great Britain occurred during the monitored period. The front limb was injured by fracture significantly more often. Regarding the race tracks the difference between dirt and "all-weather" surface was reported where fractures occurred more commonly on the dirt. Regrettably the euthanasia is the most prevalent method of fracture treatment in horses nevertheless it is possible to consider the conservative or surgical solution. |
