Table Of ContentPerformance diagnosis
and purchase examination
of elite sport horses
edited by:
Arno Lindner
Conference on Equine Sports
Medicine And Science 2010
Performance diagnosis and purchase examination of elite
sport horses
Performance diagnosis and
purchase examination of elite
sport horses
CESMAS 2010
edited by:
Arno Lindner
Arbeitsgruppe Pferd
Wageningen Academic
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Foreword
CESMAS, and the idea behind it, is 14 years old. In 1996 it was decided to have
every 2 years in Europe a meeting focussing on the Sport Horse. Since then
CESMAS has been held in Córdoba (1998), Taormina/Messina (2000), Saumur
(2002), Oslo (2004), Cambridge (2006), Utrecht (2008) and now in Sigtuna!
The meetings were always in one of the countries where one of the European
committee members originated from, in most cases even in the hometown.
With this meeting we are ‘through’: CESMAS has been hosted by each European
committee member once in her/his home.
What now? This question does not have a clear answer at this moment. Several
options are available: (1) We stop it. Easiest option! We get older and have or
may have other interests. (2) We can run it in North America. Two committee
members live in the USA and we have discussed this option several times.
However, it is not easy to realize. There are many reasons that in the sum produce
a very high hurdle to be overcome. Let me mention two of them: the currency
conversion and the tax policy. (3) Me running it at a ‘preferred’ place in Europe.
Everything started in 1996 in Bonn with the annual meeting of the Association
for Equine Sports Medicine. A CESMAS in Germany has not been held. (4)
A new format is used. This because the original idea is still valid as there is
no international conference focussing on Sport Horses. However, the time and
money to be spend in meetings has not increased, but the number of yearly
conferences is much higher than back in the 1990ties and there are lots more of
speciality events, that professionals need to follow to obtain or maintain their
accreditations. Can CESMAS compete?
We will know in 2 years time!
CESMAS 2010 will deal with ‘Performance diagnosis and purchase examination
of elite sport horses’. It was decided to present most of the subjects on this
theme as complex as they are. Thus, two, sometimes several more, experts in the
respective field were asked to cooperate to integrate the information. This is not
easy for professionals making a daily living and in some instance not knowing
well or at all each other. The results are here in the book. I am very grateful for
their effort and like the result! Thank you very much! It has been a pleasure to
work with you!
A pleasure will be also to hold the meeting in Sigtuna, the hometown of Arne
Lindholm. Would you have known that there it is so pretty Arne would have had
much more competition than he already has! Thank you very much Arne, for
being willing to do it!
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And finally, thank you members of the scientific committee for all the help to
prepare this meeting! I enjoyed thoroughly all the discussions and meetings
and will miss them in the case that we stop to run CESMAS. Everything keeps
changing!
I would like to wish readers pleasure reading the book.
Arno
Scientific Committee
Warwick M. Bayly, USA
Hilary Clayton, USA
Anne Couroucé-Malblanc, France
Sue Dyson, United Kingdom
Adriana Ferlazzo, Italy
Arne Holm, Norway
Arne Lindholm, Sweden
Arno Lindner, Germany
José Luis López Rivero, Spain
Marianne Sloet van Oldruitenborgh-Oosterbaan, the Netherlands
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Table of contents
Foreword 5
Scientific Committee 6
Can genetics help to find THE horse; positive and negative markers
of performance and health 11
Eric Barrey
Equine osteochondrosis: what can genetics tell the breeder and rider 21
Ottmar Distl
The role of conformation on performance and predisposition to
injury: is there a difference between Thorougbreds and Warmbloods 35
Willem Back and Chris E. Kawcak
Considerations of the optimal management of horses from birth to 2
years of age 41
Brian D. Nielsen and Chris E. Kawcak
An investigation into the effect of exercise history on the
osteochondral unit in the equine distal tarsal joints 53
Caroline A. Tranquille, Rachel C. Murray, Sue J. Dyson, Tony S. Blunden, Tim
D.H. Parkinand Allen Goodship
Training strategies and days lost to injury vary in Swedish
showjumping yards 59
Cecilia Lönnell, Lars Roepstorff, Elin Hernlund, Caroline Schöön and Agneta
Egenvall
The role of the shoes in performance and injury prevention; what´s
in for the (proned to) navicular lame horse 63
J. Thomason and W. Back
On track diagnosis of upper airways obstructions that cause reduced
performance in racehorses (trotters) and their treatment 75
A. Ekfalk
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Comparison of cytological profiles of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid –
BALF - obtained from left and right lungs according to conditions of
conservation and preparation 81
Valérie Deniau, Laetitia Jaillardon, Guillaume Fortier and Anne Couroucé-
Malblanc
Performance evaluation and management of race and sport horses
before, during and after the competitive season 87
Elizabeth Davidson
Clinical significance of side bones in Cold-Blooded Trotters 95
Ulf Hedenström and Ove Wattle
Therapeutic applications of stem cells obtained from peripheral
blood in tendons, ligaments and skin injuries 99
Valentina Martini, Patrizia Palomba, Marco Ranalli, Graziella Zohar, Carlotta
Gabbiani, Marco Polettini and Alessandra Gambacurta
Functional electrical stimulation (FES) for use in equine medicine 103
Sheila J. Schils
Effects of preliminary transport on the haematological changes of
horses after a two-day-trekking event 109
E. Fazio, P. Medica, E. Giacoppo, R. Pellizzotto, C. Cravana and A. Ferlazzo
Practical experience on what the good performer requires 115
Philippe Benoit, Anne Couroucé-Malblanc, Chris E. Kawcak, Brian D. Nielsen,
E. Hank Bird and Marianne M. Sloet van Oldruitenborgh-Oosterbaan
Performance evaluation for the prepurchase examination: How it is
done in the Netherlands 141
M.M. Sloet van Oldruitenborgh-Oosterbaan
Performance evaluation for training guidance 147
Anne Couroucé-Malblanc, Gustaf Croon, Arne Lindholm, Arno Lindner and
Björn Nolting
How to evaluate performance of show jumpers before, during and
after the competitive season 163
Philippe Benoit
Prepurchase exam of the high level jumper 165
Philippe Benoit
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Body condition scoring and on-track performance diagnosis 173
B.D. Nielsen
The prepurchase examination of horses in Germany 177
B. Nolting
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