Radiographic closure time of appendicular growth plates in the Icelandic horse |
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Authors: | Eric Strand Linn Camilla Braathen Mia C Hellsten Lisel Huse-Olsen Sigridur Bjornsdottir |
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Institution: | (1) Equine Teaching Hospital, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, P.O.Box 8146 Dep, N-0033 Oslo, Norway;(2) Agricultural Authority of Iceland, Austurvegur 64, 800 Selfoss, Iceland |
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Abstract: | Background The Icelandic horse is a pristine breed of horse which has a pure gene pool established more than a thousand years ago, and
is approximately the same size as living and extinct wild breeds of horses. This study was performed to compare the length
of the skeletal growth period of the "primitive" Icelandic horse relative to that reported for large horse breeds developed
over the recent centuries. This information would provide practical guidance to owners and veterinarians as to when the skeleton
is mature enough to commence training, and would be potentially interesting to those scientists investigating the pathogenesis
of osteochondrosis. Interestingly, osteochondrosis has not been documented in the Icelandic horse. |
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