Rossdale P D, Hopes R, Digby N J, offord K
Vet Rec. 1985 Jan 19;116(3):66-9. doi: 10.1136/vr.116.3.66.
An epidemiological study of wastage among racehorses was conducted in 1982 and 1983 among six stables, five of which were in Newmarket. The basis of the survey was the inability of horses to take part in cantering exercise as a result of injury or disease. The greatest number of days lost to training was caused by lameness (67.6 per cent) and respiratory problems (20.5 per cent). Conditions of the foot (19 pe cent), muscle (18 per cent), carpus (14 per cent), fetlock joints (14 per cent), tendons (10 per cent) and sore shins (9 per cent) were the major reasons for training days being lost in 198 cases in which a positive diagnosis of the site of lameness was made. The results confirm a previous investigation by Jeffcott and others (1982) and suggest that the diagnosis, therapy and prophylaxis of lameness merit a high priority in research efforts to reduce wastage among young racehorses.
1982年和1983年，在六个马厩中对赛马的损耗情况进行了一项流行病学研究，其中五个位于纽马克特。该调查的依据是马匹因受伤或疾病而无法参加慢跑训练。训练天数损失最多的原因是跛足（67.6%）和呼吸问题（20.5%）。足部疾病（19%）、肌肉问题（18%）、腕关节问题（14%）、球节问题（14%）、肌腱问题（10%）和胫部疼痛（9%）是导致198例确诊跛足部位的马匹训练天数损失的主要原因。研究结果证实了杰弗科特等人（1982年）之前的一项调查，并表明在减少年轻赛马损耗的研究工作中，跛足的诊断、治疗和预防应作为高度优先事项。
