Sentence examples for because of bone spavin from inspiring English sources

The information about the horses' duration of use was based on the owners' opinions, and they might have been unwilling to admit that their horses were culled because of bone spavin.

A survival analysis was used to compare the culling rate of Icelandic horses due to the presence of radiographic and clinical signs of bone spavin.

*** p < 0.001 RR: risk ratio RS: radiographic signs of bone spavin CHLL: culling because of hind limb lameness p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01.

*** p < 0.001 RR: risk ratio RS: radiographic signs of bone spavin CHLL: culling because of hind limb lameness The survival functions within the four RS/Lameness status classes are shown in Figures 1 and 2. The material used in the original survey was considered to reflect the population of active riding horses in Iceland.

In the original survey 46% of the horses had radiographic signs of bone spavin (RS) and/or lameness after flexion test of the tarsus.

The aim of the study was to compare the rate of culling of Icelandic horses with and without radiographic and clinical signs of bone spavin and thus to determine the prognostic value of the diagnostic methods.

Although other diseases in the hind limb cannot be excluded, the high prevalence of bone spavin in the population indicates strongly that this disease was the main cause of HLL.

The late clinical manifestation of bone spavin in Icelandic horses may prevent natural and artificial selection against the disease and be an important reason for the high prevalence in the population.

A follow-up study of 614 horses examined for bone spavin in a survey five years earlier [ 1] was performed.

It was concluded that bone spavin affects the duration of use of Icelandic horses and is the most common cause of culling due to disease of riding horses in the age range of 7 17 years.

Further, inherited predispositions, e.g. for osteochondrosis (OC), bone spavin, and navicular disease, can influence the health of the horse [ 5- 7].