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Abstract
the present study was designed in two categories, clinical and educational studies. A survey study was performed on 400 equine clinical cases. The fractured cases (77 cases) were selected and completely identified according to age, weight, sex, type of work. The case history, clinical examination (visual and palpation) and radiographic examination were performed for fracture diagnosis and complete description according to the affected region and the fractured bone. Different treatment methods were used in this study included conservative and surgical managements. The results of the survey study revealed that the recorded fractured cases were around 19% (77/400). Fractured cases were distributed among equine species; 65horses with percentage (84.4%), 2 ponies (2.6%), 9 donkeys (11.7%) and one mule (1.3%). The higher incidence of equine fractures was in draught (63.6%) than sport horses (36.4%); in adult and yearling (70.1%) than foals (16.9%); in males (77.9%) than females (22.1%); in heavy weight animals (71.4%) than light weight animals (28.6%). The incidences of the fractures were also differed according to the affected region; the fore-limbs fractures recorded the highest incidence 34/77 (44.2%) while according to the fractured bone mandibular fracture had the highest incidence 16/77 (20.8%). Conservative management gave satisfactory results in management of depressed non-displaced maxillary fracture and in case of some comminuted distal limb fractures. Selection of surgical technique for management of equine limbs fractures depended up on many factors in terms of fractured bone, location of the fracture within the bone, fracture condition, animal weight, equipment, implants availability and economic state of the owner. Educational study included carrying out the surgical approaches for different bones on live and euthanized equine models, induction of different fractures on bone samples with application of different fixation methods of them, listing the requirements to meet these fractures and finally documentation of the results and integrate them with production of a multimedia CD with interactive program. Integration between basic sciences and clinical medicine has been found to stimulate profound learning, thereby stimulating student understanding of important biomedical principles, benefit the post-graduate students and veterinary practitioners.