Proceedings of a Workshop on - The Havemeyer Foundation
Proceedings of a Workshop on - The Havemeyer Foundation
Proceedings of a Workshop on - The Havemeyer Foundation
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Equine Recurrent Laryngeal Neuropathy<br />
TABLE 1: Summary <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> race records <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> yearlings<br />
returned for their wind under Tattersalls’<br />
C<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Sale and C<strong>on</strong>trol 1978–1984<br />
1978-1983<br />
27 returned for whistling/roaring <strong>on</strong>ly<br />
(52% did not run; 22% w<strong>on</strong>; 2.8 average starts<br />
per horse)<br />
1984<br />
28 returned for whistling/roaring and/or RLN.<br />
(39.3% did not run; 39% w<strong>on</strong>; 5.9 average starts<br />
per horse)<br />
1978-1984<br />
c<strong>on</strong>trols – the 2 sold before and the 2 after the<br />
returned lot (19.5% did not run; 37.9% w<strong>on</strong>; 6.67<br />
average starts per horse)<br />
Lane et al. (1987)<br />
TABLE 3: Tattersalls Yearling Sales 1987–1993:<br />
Summary <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> matched c<strong>on</strong>trol study <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> yearlings<br />
returned for their wind<br />
7,463 yearlings sold<br />
78.8 examined by purchasers’ vets<br />
1.65% referred to panel<br />
0.67% failed<br />
4: 1 colts: fillies<br />
(Sex ratio <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> all catalogued yearlings 1.27:1)<br />
1987–1993 Racing Performance<br />
Aged 2–4 years<br />
Failures<br />
Ran 8.48 mean races W<strong>on</strong> mean 1.32 races<br />
C<strong>on</strong>trols – (the 2 sold before and the 2 sold after<br />
the referred lot and <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the same sex)<br />
Ran 13.71 mean races W<strong>on</strong> mean 2.18 races<br />
J. Griffiths Project (in preparati<strong>on</strong>) 1987–1993<br />
which are unfit or untrained and very <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>ten<br />
inspiratory noises will disappear with <strong>on</strong>e or two<br />
lunging sessi<strong>on</strong>s. Panel members occasi<strong>on</strong>ally<br />
differ in their interpretati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the character <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the<br />
inspiratory noise or <strong>on</strong> the grading <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the<br />
endoscopic findings. For some years vendors were<br />
able to insure against their yearling being returned<br />
by the wind panel, either early in the year without<br />
a preliminary test or <strong>on</strong>e m<strong>on</strong>th before selling<br />
following a lunging test by their own veterinary<br />
surge<strong>on</strong>. <strong>The</strong> authors suspect that there were some<br />
dubious claims.<br />
In the Horses in Training Sales the veterinary<br />
surge<strong>on</strong>s <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> purchasers <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>ten lunge the horse<br />
before returning it to the panel. <strong>The</strong> horse with<br />
RLN may make a whistle or roar <strong>on</strong> the lunge but<br />
be silent when galloped in a straight line.<br />
TABLE 2: Tattersalls Yearling Sales 1987–1995:<br />
Summary <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> matched c<strong>on</strong>trol study <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> yearlings<br />
returned for their wind<br />
1987–1995 (9,524 yearlings sold)<br />
78.8% examined by purchasers’ vets<br />
1.56% referred to panel<br />
0.65% failed<br />
0.91% passed<br />
At least 3:1 colts: fillies<br />
1987-1995 Racing Performance<br />
Aged 2–4 years<br />
Passes 10.85 mean races 1.87 wins<br />
C<strong>on</strong>trols 9.09 mean races 1.41 wins+<br />
Failures 7.32 mean races 0.97 wins*<br />
C<strong>on</strong>trols 10.69 mean races 1.42 wins+<br />
S. White <strong>The</strong>sis, University <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> L<strong>on</strong>d<strong>on</strong><br />
* Significant difference; + C<strong>on</strong>trols – <strong>on</strong>e sold<br />
before and <strong>on</strong>e after the lot referred to the panel<br />
and <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the same sex<br />
Other upper airway c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s have included<br />
pharyngeal lymphoid hyperplasia <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> varying<br />
degrees. <strong>The</strong> more severe cases <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>ten make<br />
abnormal inspiratory sound, sometimes<br />
indistinguishable from the characteristic roar or<br />
whistle required by the C<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Sale. Dorsal<br />
displacement <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the s<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>t palate was seen but n<strong>on</strong>e<br />
was permanent and no palatal deformities were<br />
found. One horse with epiglottic entrapment did<br />
not have RLN and was not returnable. Four cases<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> fourth branchial arch anomalies were identified.<br />
One <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> these showed no evidence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> laryngeal<br />
asymmetry or RLN and was passed. Two were<br />
failed and returned to the purchaser and <strong>on</strong>e was<br />
taken back by the vendor before the panel<br />
completed its examinati<strong>on</strong>. Two cases <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> right<br />
sided RLN, which did not have fourth branchial<br />
arch anomalies, were identified and returnable.<br />
Cases <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> thin, flimsy epiglottis were noted but<br />
were not am<strong>on</strong>g those which were failed.<br />
Three studies have been prepared for<br />
publicati<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> the findings <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Tattersalls’ panel.<br />
An interesting feature <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the Table 1 findings<br />
is that those which were returned <strong>on</strong> the basis <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
sound <strong>on</strong>ly performed significantly less well than<br />
those which were returned with RLN. Figures<br />
from Tables 2 and 3 c<strong>on</strong>firmed that the horses<br />
which were adjudicated as returnable by the panel,<br />
raced and w<strong>on</strong> significantly less <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>ten than their<br />
sex matched c<strong>on</strong>trols sold in the same sale.<br />
<strong>The</strong> panel periodically review the modus<br />
operandi and diagnostic criteria. <strong>The</strong>y have<br />
c<strong>on</strong>sidered including other c<strong>on</strong>genital and incurable<br />
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