A Prospective Study of Presale Radiographs of Thoroughbred Yearlings

Foreword......Page 4 Acknowledgments......Page 6 Contents......Page 7 Tables......Page 8 Figures......Page 11 Results/key findings......Page 14 Implications and Recommendations......Page 15 Yearling Auction Sales......Page 17 Veterinary Examination......Page 18 The Radiograph Repository System......Page 19 Australia’s Radiograph Repository Requirements......Page 20 How Many Radiographic Views?......Page 21 Stifle......Page 22 Sesamoiditis......Page 23 Lesion Significance......Page 24 Conclusions......Page 25 Horse Identifying Information......Page 27 Race Performance......Page 28 Sale Entries......Page 29 Sale Results......Page 30 Exported Horses......Page 32 2 and 3-year-old Race Performance......Page 33 Sale Results......Page 34 2 and 3-year-old Race Performance......Page 35 Study Population......Page 36 Conclusions......Page 37 Horses......Page 38 Horse Signalment......Page 39 Overall Race Results......Page 40 Number of Race Starts......Page 42 Prize Money Earned Greater Than Estimated Costs......Page 43 Prize Money Earned Greater Than Combined Estimated Costs and Purchase Price......Page 44 Discussion......Page 45 Conclusions......Page 46 Radiograph Quality......Page 47 Orthopaedic Lesion Reporting......Page 48 Stifles......Page 49 Orthopaedic Findings Grouping for Analysis......Page 50 Film Quality......Page 52 Intra-radiologist......Page 53 Inter-radiologist......Page 54 Intra-radiologist......Page 55 Inter-radiologist......Page 63 Discussion......Page 67 Conclusions......Page 69 Statistical Analysis......Page 70 Radiographic Set......Page 71 Dorsomedial Palmarolateral Oblique View of the Carpus......Page 74 Conclusions......Page 77 Reporting of Orthopaedic Findings......Page 78 Fore Feet......Page 79 Fore Fetlocks and Proximal Sesamoids......Page 81 Carpi......Page 85 Hind Fetlocks and Proximal Sesamoids......Page 86 Tarsi......Page 88 Stifles......Page 89 Fore Feet......Page 91 Fore Fetlocks and Sesamoids......Page 92 Hind Fetlocks and Sesamoids......Page 93 Stifles......Page 94 Conclusions......Page 95 Surgery Reports......Page 96 Orthopaedic Findings......Page 97 Race Data......Page 99 Overall performance results......Page 100 Lesions associated with reduced performance......Page 101 Lesions with no association with performance or associated with improved performance......Page 105 Surgery reports......Page 106 Lesions associated with reduced performance......Page 149 Lesions with no effect on performance......Page 150 Lesions with not enough cases for analysis......Page 151 Conclusions......Page 152 References......Page 153