Lesões podais em asininos (Equus asinus) utilizados em veículos de tração animal na cidade de São Luís, Maranhão

Nancyleni Pinto Chaves; Danilo Cutrim Bezerra; Porfírio Candanedo Guerra; Hélder de Moraes Pereira; Hamilton Pereira Santos; Luís Carlos Vulcano

doi:10.5216/cab.v12i2.8953

FOOT LESIONS IN DONKEYS (Equus asinus) USED IN ANIMAL TRACTION VEHICLES IN THE CITY OF SAN LUIZ, MARANHÃO

Authors

Nancyleni Pinto Chaves Universidade Estadual do Maranhão (UEMA), São Luis, Maranhão, Brasil
Danilo Cutrim Bezerra Universidade Estadual do Maranhão (UEMA), São Luis, Maranhão, Brasil
Porfírio Candanedo Guerra Universidade Estadual do Maranhão (UEMA), São Luis, Maranhão, Brasil
Hélder de Moraes Pereira Universidade Estadual do Maranhão (UEMA), São Luis, Maranhão, Brasil
Hamilton Pereira Santos Universidade Estadual do Maranhão (UEMA), São Luis, Maranhão, Brasil
Luís Carlos Vulcano Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo, Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v12i2.8953

Keywords:

Animal sanity

Abstract

Forty male and female animals, aged between 2.5 and 16 years were clinically and radiographically examined in order to study the occurrence of lesions of the distal phalanx of forelimbs in cart horses. The clinical examination showed that 20% of the animals had grade 2 lameness, due, mainly, to hoof irregularity, sole damage and frog destruction. Radiographic exam showed 100% of pedal osteitis, 22.5% of phalanx fracture and 17.5% of phalanx rotation. Despite the severe level of injury in the third phalanx, animals did not show clinical signs consistent with the radiographic findings, concluding that donkeys are very resistant and that the lesions observed in the distal phalanx affect to a lesser extent the carrying out of these animal's activities.

KEY WORDS: Cart; horses; musculoskeletal; physical examination; radiograph.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Downloads

Published

2011-06-25

How to Cite

CHAVES, Nancyleni Pinto; BEZERRA, Danilo Cutrim; GUERRA, Porfírio Candanedo; PEREIRA, Hélder de Moraes; SANTOS, Hamilton Pereira; VULCANO, Luís Carlos. FOOT LESIONS IN DONKEYS (Equus asinus) USED IN ANIMAL TRACTION VEHICLES IN THE CITY OF SAN LUIZ, MARANHÃO. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 12, n. 2, p. 365–370, 2011. DOI: 10.5216/cab.v12i2.8953. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/8953. Acesso em: 6 dec. 2025.

Download Citation

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 2 (2011)

Section

Veterinary Medicine

License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g. in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).