Pre-clinical and clinical walking kinematics in female breeding pigs with lameness: A nested case-control cohort study. Issue 1 (July 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Stavrakakis, S.; Guy, J.H.; Syranidis, I.; Johnson, G.R.; Edwards, S.A.
• Is Part Of: Veterinary journal. Volume 205:Issue 1(2015)
• Page Start: 38
• Page End: 43
• Publication Date: 2015-07
• Subjects: Veterinary medicine -- Periodicals; 636
• DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2015.04.022
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1090-0233

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="ab0010"> <title id="st0010">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="sp0010"> <list id="ulist0010"> <list-item id="u0010"> <label></label> <p id="p0010">Gait kinematics of replacement gilts were evaluated before and during visually diagnosed lameness in a long-term study.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="u0015"> <label></label> <p id="p0015">Relative, rather than absolute, gait measures were identified as the best quantitative clinical lame ness indicators.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="u0020"> <label></label> <p id="p0020">Some spatiotemporal gait parameters were better than others for detection and evaluation of gait abnormalities.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="u0025"> <label></label> <p id="p0025">The step-to-stride length ratio was altered in pre-clinical pigs and may be used as an early predictor for lameness.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>