Studies of racehorse injury or fatality in various countries have identified common, and in
some cases conflicting, risk factors. We conducted a systematic search of the relevant …

Musculoskeletal injuries are a common cause of lost training days and wastage in
racehorses. Many bone injuries are a consequence of repeated high loading during fast …

Reasons for performing study: While fractures and tendon injuries are known to be important
diseases in National Hunt (NH) racehorses during racing, there are no accurate estimates of …

Reasons for performing study: The first major epidemiological study of injury incidence in the
UK flat racing Thoroughbred (TB), published in 1985, found lameness to be the single …

Reasons for performing study: Determining the risk of fatality of Thoroughbred horses while
racing is essential to assess the impact of intervention measures designed to minimise such …

Reasons for performing study: This study was part of a programme to optimise the longevity
and maximise the health and welfare of the Thoroughbred racehorses in Hong Kong …

Bone modelling and remodelling reduce the risk of fatigue fractures; the former by adapting
bone to its loading circumstances, the latter by replacing fatigued bone. Remodelling …

Reasons for performing study: Lateral condylar fractures of the third metacarpus/metatarsus
are the most common cause of equine fatality on UK racecourses. Identification of risk …

This article describes the development of epidemiologic analyses of racetrack injury in
racehorses. The risk or rate of fatal and nonfatal injury in racing and training around the …

A cross-sectional study on 32 different Belgian broiler farms was performed in 2007 and
2008 to identify risk factors for ceftiofur resistance in Escherichia coli. On each farm, one E …