Radiographic measurements of the hoof in generally sound donkeys with emphasis on the front limbs
Juliana Wacker, Kyra Schaus, Anabell Jandowsky, Kathrin Büttner, Michael Röcken, Claus Peter Bartmann · 2024
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Description
A donkey's hoof decides its soundness, yet vets judge donkey feet with rulers calibrated on horses. Juliana Wacker and five co-authors set out in 2024 to measure the healthy donkey hoof directly, radiographing generally sound animals with special attention to the front limbs. Their introduction lays out why the baseline matters: the foot is the most imaged region in equine care, and trimming and shoeing reshape it constantly.
Without species specific reference values, normal variation reads as disease and real disease hides. The study supplies measurements meant to anchor that judgment for donkeys. Farriery, the authors note, can only help a foot whose healthy shape is known. The work joins a small literature treating the donkey as its own patient.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Juliana Wacker, Kyra Schaus, Anabell Jandowsky, Kathrin Büttner, Michael Röcken, Claus Peter Bartmann |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 46 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |