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Objectives:
The objective if this study was to identify how the public auction sales values of neonates that underwent surgical repair of rib fractures would compare to their maternal siblings.
Methods:
Clinical records were acquired for Thoroughbred foals that underwent surgical repair of rib fractures at a single referral center in Lexington, Kentucky between April of 2010 and May of 2020. The foal’s sex, number and location of rib fracture, rib fractures repaired, and survival to discharge were recorded. Equibase® was used to identify maternal siblings and sale price (USD) at public auction were recorded. If multiple maternal sibling matches were identified, the average of the match sale value was used for the paired comparison.
Results:
Ninety-one neonates underwent surgical repair of rib fractures. Of these, 78 (85.7%) foals survived to discharge. The number of ribs fractured, number of ribs repaired, or laterality of the fractures (left, or right) did not affect survival to discharge. Twenty-nine fracture repair cases were sold at a yearling sale with a paired sibling match. There was no significant different between fracture repair cases and maternal siblings (p=0.64).
Conclusions:
Thoroughbred neonates that have undergone surgical of fractured ribs performed the same as maternal sibling matches in public yearling sales.
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Surgical repair of rib fractures in neonates does not impact future sales potential of Thoroughbred racehorses
Noordwijk KJ1, Sayler B2, Hanson RR*1, Hunt RJ*3
1Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA, 2Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA, 3Hagyard Equine Medical Institute, Lexington, KY, USA.
Objectives:
The objective if this study was to identify how the public auction sales values of neonates that underwent surgical repair of rib fractures would compare to their maternal siblings.
Methods:
Clinical records were acquired for Thoroughbred foals that underwent surgical repair of rib fractures at a single referral center in Lexington, Kentucky between April of 2010 and May of 2020. The foal’s sex, number and location of rib fracture, rib fractures repaired, and survival to discharge were recorded. Equibase® was used to identify maternal siblings and sale price (USD) at public auction were recorded. If multiple maternal sibling matches were identified, the average of the match sale value was used for the paired comparison.
Results:
Ninety-one neonates underwent surgical repair of rib fractures. Of these, 78 (85.7%) foals survived to discharge. The number of ribs fractured, number of ribs repaired, or laterality of the fractures (left, or right) did not affect survival to discharge. Twenty-nine fracture repair cases were sold at a yearling sale with a paired sibling match. There was no significant different between fracture repair cases and maternal siblings (p=0.64).
Conclusions:
Thoroughbred neonates that have undergone surgical of fractured ribs performed the same as maternal sibling matches in public yearling sales.
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