Bit-related lesions common in Icelandic competition horses – study

Mucosal inflammation as well as ulceration of the bar of the mandible combined alongside pressure level lesions of the buccal mucosa.

More than xl per centum of surveyed Icelandic contest horses were flora inward a study to convey bit-related lesions inward the leadup to 2 major events inward the country.

Researchers flora that 184 of the 424 horses examined earlier the preliminary rounds had bit-related lesions, representing 43 per centum of the animals examined.

A curb flake alongside a port, unjointed.

The lesions were classified equally mild inward 152 of the horses, representing 36 per centum of the assessed horses. They were most oftentimes located inward the corners of the lips as well as the nearby mucosa.

A farther 32 horses, or seven percent, had lesions that were classified equally severe.

The researchers, Sigríður Björnsdóttir, Rebecka Frey, Thorvaldur Kristjansson as well as Torbjörn Lundström, reported their findings inward the latest number of Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica.

They concluded that bit-related oral cavity lesions were a full general employment inward Icelandic contest horses.

The type of flake influenced both the place as well as the severity of the lesions, they found.

“The role of curb bits alongside a port was flora to endure a decisive run a peril constituent for lesions on the bars of the mandible, most of which were regarded equally severe,” they wrote.

A curb flake alongside a port, double jointed.

“The results likewise raised questions close the caput as well as cervix railroad vehicle demanded for the contest horses.

“From an animate beingness welfare signal of view, prevention of severe lesions inward the bar portion of the oral cavity should endure given the highest priority.”

A squad of 8 veterinarians conducted plain examinations of the mouths of the 424 five-gaited horses leading upward to the 2 major events inward Republic of Iceland inward 2012.

Records from repeat examinations of 77 horses earlier the finals were used to assess potential run a peril factors.

Björnsdóttir as well as her colleagues flora prove that the presence of lesions on the bars of the mandible were strongly associated alongside the role of curb bits alongside a port. Many of these lesions were severe.

A strong association was likewise flora betwixt buccal lesions as well as the role of a snaffle bit.

“The results likewise raised questions close the caput as well as cervix railroad vehicle demanded for the contest horses,” they said.

Traditional Icelandic curb bit, singled jointed as well as without a port.

They noted that half dozen horses ridden alongside traditional Icelandic curb bits were all without oral lesions, which they described equally a remarkable finding.

“It suggests the port plays a major component division inward the evolution of lesions inward the bar region. However, the leverage trial of shanks as well as curb is probable to increase the trial of the port.”

Bit-related lesions inward Icelandic contest horses.
Sigríður Björnsdóttir, Rebecka Frey, Thorvaldur Kristjansson as well as Torbjörn Lundström.
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2014, 56:40 doi:10.1186/s13028-014-0040-8

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