Gunnarsdottir Helga, Van der Stede Yves, De Vlamynck Caroline, Muurling Floor, De Clercq Dominique, van Loon Gunther, Vlaminck Lieven
Department of Surgery and Anaesthesiology of Large Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium.
CODA-CERVA, Unit of Co-ordination of Veterinary Diagnosis-Epidemiology and Risk Assessment, Veterinary Research Centre, Groeselenberg 99, B-1180 Brussels, Belgium; Laboratory of Veterinary Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium.
Vet J. 2014 Oct;202(1):153-6. doi: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2014.07.013. Epub 2014 Jul 21.
The aim of the study was to determine if horses with large colon impaction were more severely affected by oral pathology than control cases and to relate faecal particle size distribution to dental pathology in both study groups. A prospective study included 39 horses with large colon impaction and 72 control horses from a hospital-based population. An oral pathology score (OPscore) and periodontal disease index (PDI) were assigned to all horses and faecal samples were collected for estimating faecal particle size and analysis of particle size distribution. Horses with large colon impactions were not more severely affected by oral pathology than control horses for both OPscore (P = 0.2) and PDI (P = 0.3). Faecal particle size estimates were significantly higher in control animals (P <0.001). No significant association was found between faecal particle size estimates and OPscores in horses with large colon impaction or control horses. In horses with large colon impaction, faecal particle size estimates increased with increasing PDI (P = 0.05). No associations were found between dental pathology and faecal particle size estimates. Horses developing large colon impaction did not have worse dentition than control horses.
本研究的目的是确定患有大结肠阻塞的马匹是否比对照病例更易受到口腔病理学影响，并在两个研究组中研究粪便颗粒大小分布与牙齿病理学之间的关系。一项前瞻性研究纳入了来自医院群体的39匹患有大结肠阻塞的马匹和72匹对照马。为所有马匹评定口腔病理学评分（OPscore）和牙周疾病指数（PDI），并采集粪便样本以估计粪便颗粒大小并分析颗粒大小分布。对于OPscore（P = 0.2）和PDI（P = 0.3），患有大结肠阻塞的马匹在口腔病理学方面并不比对照马受影响更严重。对照动物的粪便颗粒大小估计值显著更高（P <0.001）。在患有大结肠阻塞的马匹或对照马中，未发现粪便颗粒大小估计值与OPscore之间存在显著关联。在患有大结肠阻塞的马匹中，粪便颗粒大小估计值随PDI升高而增加（P = 0.05）。未发现牙齿病理学与粪便颗粒大小估计值之间存在关联。发生大结肠阻塞的马匹的牙列情况并不比对照马差。
