COMPARE THE DEGREE OF INFORMATION OF MODERN METHODS OF DIAGNOSTICS OF SPORT HORSES

Abstract

In connection with the development of equestrian sports, the proportion of traumatic injuries of the musculoskeletal system of sports horses is also increasing. In the working activity of a modern veterinary specialist, visual research methods should have certain qualities, namely: they should be small in size for ease of transportation to various points in the city or region, easy to apply in practice, and also qualitatively visualize the location of the pathological focus. That is why the search for the most effective method of visual diagnosis of diseases accompanied by injuries of the musculoskeletal system is an important direction in scientific research. To conduct this study, 10 dressage horses with traumatic injuries of the superficial flexor of the thoracic limbs were examined in the conditions of equestrian complexes in the Leningrad Region. Conducted a study on the information content of various diagnostic methods, in particular thermographic, ultrasound and radiological. Comparing the degree of information content of modern methods, we can conclude that for an accurate diagnosis and a complete analysis of traumatic injuries, it is necessary to use various methods of visual diagnostics. Improvement of known methods, in particular, such as infrared thermography, will make it possible to identify injuries of the musculoskeletal system of horses at the early stages of the development of the disease, immediately before the onset of clinical signs, and to monitor changes in dynamics for the selected treatment regimen. Accordingly, timely diagnosis and prognosis of injuries remains an open topic for research in the scientific activities of veterinarians, therefore, we consider the search for new methods that meet the criteria used to identify several groups of diseases at once is relevant and significant.