PODAL BIOMETRIC OF TRACTION EQUIDAE (Equus sp LINNAEUS, 1758)

Authors

  • Marcelo Domingues de Faria Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco
  • Maria Alice Maranhão Santos Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco
  • Laura Flávia Teixeira Martins Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco
  • Adriana Gradela Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco
  • Joaquim Pereira Neto Universidade do Estado da Bahia
  • Claudio Gomes Costa Bandeira Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v15i2.20318

Keywords:

Animal anathomy

Abstract

Horses have been widely used as a means of traction since ancient times, without regard to the damage hoofs are subjected, mainly through attrition, and by the impact forces acting at the time of traction. For the measurement of the hoofs we used a millimetric caliper, and to determine the angle of the parietal face with the ground, a 180o protractor. The following parameters were measured: length, width, height of the dorsal surface of the parietal face, width of the horn torus, height of the medial and lateral horn torus, the length and width of the corneal nail caps. We used 181 animals, employed in traction activity in the city of Petrolina (PE), Brazil. There were 56 horses, 97 donkeys and 28 mules, among males and females with different body weights and different ages. The results were tabulated and they can be used to determine the anatomical pattern of these animals in that region. It was possible to verify the practices to which the animals are subjected, like trimming, shoeing and excess load, which can result in poor load distribution on the limbs and nail capsule, generating locomotor disorders. We observed the medial-lateral imbalance of nail capsule, since the medial corneal torus was greater than the lateral one, triggering changes in poise and damaging dynamic and orthostatic positions, which could be solved by trimming and shoeing practices, reducing diseases of the locomotor apparatus.

KEYWORDS: equidae of traction, podal biometrics, ungula.


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Author Biographies

Marcelo Domingues de Faria, Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco

Professor Adjunto; Laboratório de Anatomia dos Animais Domésticos e Silvestres (LAADS) do Campus de Ciências Agrárias da Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco (Univasf)

Maria Alice Maranhão Santos, Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco

Estudante do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência Animal da Univasf.

Laura Flávia Teixeira Martins, Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco

Estudante de Graduação do Curso de Medicina Veterinária da Univasf.

Adriana Gradela, Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco

Docente do Colegiado Acadêmico de Medicina Veterinária da Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco

Joaquim Pereira Neto, Universidade do Estado da Bahia

Docente do Departamento de Bioestatística do Campus de Juazeiro da UNEB

Claudio Gomes Costa Bandeira, Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco

Estudante do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Veterinárias no Semiárido da Univasf.

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Published

2014-06-29

How to Cite

FARIA, M. D. de; SANTOS, M. A. M.; MARTINS, L. F. T.; GRADELA, A.; NETO, J. P.; BANDEIRA, C. G. C. PODAL BIOMETRIC OF TRACTION EQUIDAE (Equus sp LINNAEUS, 1758). Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 15, n. 2, p. 220–227, 2014. DOI: 10.5216/cab.v15i2.20318. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/20318. Acesso em: 24 nov. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 2 (2014)

Section

Veterinary Medicine

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