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OJVRTM
Online Journal
of Veterinary Research©
(Including Medical and Laboratory Research)
Established 1994
ISSN 1328-925X
Volume 29 (11): 694-703,
2025.
Effect
of genetics on wound healing
in thoroughbred and Caspian horses.
Seyed Mehdi Ghamsari, Omid Azari, Mohammad Mehdi Dehghan.
Faculties of Veterinary
Medicine, University of Tehran, University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran.
ABSTRACT
Ghamsari SM, Azari O, Dehghan MM., Effect of
genetics on wound healing in thoroughbred and
Caspian horses., Onl J Vet Res., 29 (11): 694-703, 2025. Limb wound healing in ponies is
associated with exuberant granulation and heal sooner than same wounds in
horses. This difference could be due body size or genetics. We describe
differences in second- intention wound healing between Caspian miniature horses
and thoroughbred horses and between body and limb wounds. Full thickness,
rectangular (20×35 mm) skin
wounds were created on the lateral aspect of left and right metacarpi and also
both sides of neck in 4 mixed thoroughbred and 4 Caspian horses. Wound healing
process was compared between limb and neck wounds and also between horses and
Caspian horses by clinical and geometrical assessments. The neck wounds were
evaluated for 5 weeks and limb wounds for 12 weeks. The results revealed that
there were no significant difference in second–intention
wound healing pattern between thoroughbred and Caspian horses. The neck wounds
healed much faster and in better condition than the limb wound both in Caspian
and in thoroughbred horses. Based on results of this study, it was concluded
that larger limb size of horses is not important factor, while racial characteristics
genetic plays major role in wound healing in horses.
Keywords: Horse,
Caspian miniature, Thoroughbred, Wound healing, Limb, Neck/
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