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PREVALENCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE FIRST AND FIFTH CARPAL BONES IN STANDARDBRED HORSES AS DETERMINED BY RADIOGRAPHY |
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| Authors: | John M. Losonsky DVM MS Stephen K. Kneller DVM MS Gerald J. Pijanowski DVM PhD |
| Affiliation: | Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801;Department of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801. |
| Abstract: | In a radiographic study of 200 Standardbred horses, a first carpal bone was observed unilaterally in 21 (10.5%) horses and bilaterally in 45 (22.5%) horses. There was no significant effect of sex on the absence or presence of the first carpal bone. No fifth carpal bone was seen in this study. |
| Keywords: | Horse carpus anatomy first carpal fifth carpal |