Injury Chart

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industry and endeavour to present the Industry in the best possible light.</B></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=328 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="578" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#000066 HEIGHT= 39 WIDTH="461"><div> <B>INJURY CHART</B></div> <div> <B>BY VETSEARCH</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#663300><NOBR><div> <A HREF="caretips.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Greyhound Training Health Tips"><U><B><IMG SRC="17764210.jpg" border=0 width="100" height="33" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 162 WIDTH="568"><div> Careful observation during a race, or replay of a race video, of the way a greyhound jumps at the start, negotiates the bends, chases, rotates its tail, or throws a limb to the side can give useful clues to location of injuries.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B>This diagram illustrates some of the possible injuries that result in </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>changes of direction, failing to chase, or loss of speed.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I>An examination of the greyhound after the race should focus on these areas, but a full examination and muscle check should still be carried out, with referral to your vet to confirm your suspicion and advice on treatment.</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 291 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="181b21d0.jpg" border=0 width="434" height="285" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 939 ><NOBR><div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="569" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 146 WIDTH="181"><div> <B>Frightened to Jump</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c866000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Chronic wrist pain / often pull up</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c866000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Metacarpal (shin) soreness, lame after race</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="181"><div> <B>Poor Jump from Traps / Boxes</B></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c866000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Poor eyesight, pannus, conjunctivitis</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c866000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Trapped testicle(s)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c866000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Lumbo-sacral pain</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="181"><div> <B>Start to mid First Bend</B></div> <div> Deviates suddenly to outside of track</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c866000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Right hip support soreness</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c866000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Trapped testicle(s)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c866000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Right gracilis (back) muscle</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c866000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Fractured hock</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 162 WIDTH="181"><div> <B>Start of First Bend</B></div> <div> Deviates suddenly across track to rail</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c866000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Left shoulder triceps soreness</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c866000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Fracture of left fibula bone</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="181"><div> <B>Mid First Bend</B></div> <div> Slows down, runs wide</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c866000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Older greyhounds right forearm bone soreness</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c866000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Lure sight loss</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c866000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Cramping?</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="181"><div> <B>End of First Bend</B></div> <div> Props, tail raised, or runs off to outside</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c866000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Right hip support soreness</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c866000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Right gracilis (back) muscle rupture</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c866000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Lumbo-sacral soreness</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c866000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Metacarpal (shin) soreness if not chasing</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 161 WIDTH="181"><div> <B>Acceleration first Straight</B></div> <div> Slow acceleration /fail to chase, head up, high stepping gait</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c866000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Poll or cervical injury</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="181"><div> <B>Start of Second Bend</B></div> <div> Loses speed, tail up, </div> <div> not chasing, maintains </div> <div> direction.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c866000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Right hock sprain</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c866000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Left wrist sprain</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c866000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Metacarpal (shin) soreness </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c866000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">if tail rotates side to side.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="181"><div> <B>Mid Second Bend</B></div> <div> Runs wide, loses speed</div> <div> Sharp spare rib bruising to left hind</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c866000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Subclinical cramping - check in catching area</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c866000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Right hock fracture if enters final straight on three legs</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 163 WIDTH="181"><div> <B>End of Second Bend</B></div> <div> Slows down, continues lame, pulls up holding right hind limb off ground</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c866000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Fracture of right hock - check in catching area</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c866000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Shortened front stride, rotate or elevates tail - metacarpal (shin) soreness</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="181"><div> <B>Back Straight</B></div> <div> Changes driving leg left to right, wobbles side to side, throws out left hind</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c866000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Left hip support soreness</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c866000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Lumbo-sacral soreness - check track leg area </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c866000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Young greyhound learning to gallop</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="181"><div> <B>Final Straight</B></div> <div> Swings or windmills left hind, runs off to side after last bend</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c866000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Near side hip support injury slows down - drops back</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c866000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Cramping, fractures, toe injuries - check in catching area.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 245 WIDTH="181"><div> <B>Catching Area</B></div> <div> Holds one front limb off ground - wrist sprain or metacarpal (shin) soreness</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c866000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Check for subclinical cramping - hard back and knotted hind limb muscles</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c866000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Phlegm on flanks - tracheitis</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c866000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Breathing distress - respiratory disease electrolyte imbalances anaemia</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c866000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Collapse - heat stress</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=2 BGCOLOR=#003399><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="18368bf0.jpg" border=0 width="360" height="191" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#000066 HEIGHT= 39 WIDTH="461"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="39" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="461" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#663300><NOBR><div> <A HREF="caretips.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Greyhound Training 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