کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
2465520 1111832 2009 11 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Atypical myopathy in grazing horses: A first exploratory data analysis
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک علوم دامی و جانورشناسی
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Atypical myopathy in grazing horses: A first exploratory data analysis
چکیده انگلیسی

Over the last decade, atypical myopathy (AM) in grazing horses has emerged in several European countries. An exploratory analysis was conducted to determine horse- and pasture-level indicators or factors associated with AM in Belgium. Belgian cases of AM confirmed by histology (n = 57) were compared to their healthy co-grazing horses (n = 77) and to pastured horses not involved with AM as controls (n = 386). The pastures where confirmed cases were grazing (42 pastures; 38 sites; 44 incidences of AM) were compared with those of the controls (216 pastures; 96 sites; no incidence of AM).Statistically significant (P ⩽ 0.05) exploratory variables, identified by means of adjusted odds ratios, suggested that indicators or factors associated with individual horses (young age, inactivity, body condition poor to normal), management practices (permanent pasturing, spreading of manure) and pasture characteristics (humid, sloping pastures, accumulated dead leaves, presence of waterway) may increase the risk of AM. Specific interventions based on these factors might help to reduce the incidence of AM.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: The Veterinary Journal - Volume 180, Issue 1, April 2009, Pages 77–87
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