Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
XVIII. Ulusal/IV. Uluslararası Veteriner Cerrahi Kongresi, Antalya, Türkiye, 27 - 30 Ekim 2024, ss.1-2
Sheep and goat breeding has an important place in animal husbandry in
Turkey. The aim of this study was to take some measurements on hooves of sheep
and goats living in pasture conditions without chiropody and to determine the
hoof sizes of healthy and overgrown individuals. This shall give an idea about
the decision to trim. Another aim was to detect normal variations of thickness
of dorsal and solar hoof wall on distal extremity radiographs of these animals.
Morphological classification and comparison of P3 bones in both species will
also contribute to the identification of species differences on bone basis. 88
Saanen goats and 50 Kıvırcık sheep kept in BUU Veterinary Faculty Medicine
Research and Application Farm were used. Dorsal wall (DW) length, heel length,
diagonal paries ungulae length, solar width, solar length, axial and abaxial
wall heights of the hoof and DW angle were measured with callipers. Dorsal and
solar wall thicknesses were determined on axio-abaxial radiographs. In
addition, 5 different types of extensory process models for sheep and 6
different types for goats and three different DW shapes were identified.
Significant differences were found in almost all parameters determined on the
hooves according to the location of the hoof and age groups. The averages of
the same parameters according to the position of normal and overgrown/deformed
hooves and age groups were determined and reference values were established.
The rate of hoof overgrowth was 5.3% in sheep and 32.5% in goats. The shape
distribution of the extensory process according to the location of the foot was
not statistically significant in sheep, but significant differences were found
in goats. In conclusion, the hoof measurements and distal phalanx shapes of
sheep and goats differ both from each other and in terms of the location of the
hooves.