Yadav Ganga Prasad, Sangwan Vandana, Kumar Ashwani
Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary Science, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.
Vet World. 2019 Jul;12(7):1154-1159. doi: 10.14202/vetworld.2019.1154-1159. Epub 2019 Jul 28.
Dairy animals play an important role in the Indian economy. Knowledge of the occurrence pattern of long bone fractures in bovine may help in strategizing the possibilities of treatment and prognosis. This study aimed to find out the comparative occurrence pattern of fractures in cattle and buffaloes.
A total of 278 fractures of bovine (171 in cattle and 107 in buffaloes), presented to the Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India, during a study of 1 year, were investigated for the occurrence pattern, in relation to species, age, body weight, gender, bone involved, type of fracture (closed or open), and the presentation of bovine as standing or in recumbent state.
The overall hospital occurrence of fractures in bovine was 4.24% and most of the fractures resulted from slipping and falling on hard floor. Of 278 fractures, the majority (90.28%) involved long bones (n=251; 103 buffaloes and 148 cattle). Forelimb fractures were recorded more common in buffaloes (64.08%), whereas the cattle suffered more of hind limb fractures (60.23%). Cattle also included 11 cases of bilateral fractures of metacarpal (n=3), tibia (n=1), radius and ulna (n=1), and mandible (n=6). Fracture of olecranon constituted 6.83% (n=19) and majority (n=15) were in buffaloes. The cattle had higher percent of open fractures (54.38%) as compared to that in buffaloes (17.76%). Marginally higher percentage of cattle (33.33%) suffering from fracture were recumbent as compared to buffaloes (23.36%) and femur fractures were found to be a leading cause of recumbency (100% in cattle and 75.00% in buffaloes).
Species-specific differences in the occurrence pattern of fractures exist among cattle and buffaloes. Cattle are found to be more susceptible (1.5 times) to fractures as compared to buffaloes. The buffaloes are vulnerable to forelimb fractures while the cattle to the hind limb. As compared to forelimb, long bone fractures of hind limb are more commonly associated with recumbency in bovine. Cattle are more prone to mandible fractures and the open fractures of long bones as compared to buffaloes.
奶牛在印度经济中发挥着重要作用。了解牛长骨骨折的发生模式有助于制定治疗方案和预测预后。本研究旨在找出牛和水牛骨折的比较发生模式。
在印度旁遮普邦卢迪亚纳市古鲁·安加德·德夫兽医与动物科学大学兽医外科与放射学系进行的一项为期1年的研究中，共调查了278例牛骨折病例（牛171例，水牛107例），分析其发生模式，包括物种、年龄、体重、性别、受累骨骼、骨折类型（闭合性或开放性）以及牛站立或躺卧状态。
牛骨折的总体医院发生率为4.24%，大多数骨折是由于在硬地面滑倒和摔倒所致。在278例骨折中，大多数（90.28%）累及长骨（n = 251；水牛103例，牛148例）。水牛的前肢骨折更为常见（64.08%），而牛的后肢骨折更多见（60.23%）。牛还包括11例双侧掌骨骨折（n = 3）、胫骨骨折（n = 1）、桡骨和尺骨骨折（n = 1）以及下颌骨骨折（n = 6）。鹰嘴骨折占6.83%（n = 19），大多数（n = 15）发生在水牛。与水牛（17.76%）相比，牛的开放性骨折百分比更高（54.38%）。骨折的牛躺卧的百分比略高于水牛（33.33%对23.36%），股骨骨折是躺卧的主要原因（牛为100%，水牛为75.00%）。
牛和水牛在骨折发生模式上存在物种特异性差异。与水牛相比，牛更容易发生骨折（1.5倍）。水牛易发生前肢骨折，而牛易发生后肢骨折。与前肢相比，牛后肢长骨骨折更常与躺卧有关。与水牛相比，牛更容易发生下颌骨骨折和长骨开放性骨折。
