Prevalence of Chronic Progressive Lymphedema in the Rhenish German Draught Horse.

ABSTRACT: Chronic progressive lymphedema (CPL) is a common disease in Rhenisch German draught horses. The objective of our study was to evaluate the prevalence of this disease and its progression with age in 493 Rhenish German draught horses from different regions in Germany. We employed generalized linear models with binomial, multinomial, and normal distributions to analyse the effects of breeding association, coat colour, sex and age within sex, time of examination, limb on which CPL was recorded, and farm-related factors on disease scores. The occurrence and severity of CPL were significantly influenced by breeding area, sex, coat colour, and interaction of age by sex. Males had significantly higher CPL-scores than geldings (1.92-fold) and females (5.02-fold) as well as a faster (1.85-fold) dise

SUBMITTER: Sievers J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10044062 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature