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Anatomy of Equids: Morphological and Anatomical Aspects of Clinical Studies
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Anatomy of Equids: Morphological and Anatomical Aspects of Clinical Studies

A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Equids".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2025 | Viewed by 1360

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Dr. Dominik Poradowski

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Division of Animal Anatomy, Department of Biostructure and Animal Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Kożuchowska 1, 51-631 Wrocław, Poland
Interests: animal anatomy; veterinary medicine; osteology; archaeozoology; paleopathology; cell culture; cancer research
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Dr. Aleksander Chrószcz

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Division of Animal Anatomy, Department of Biostructure and Animal Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Kożuchowska 1, 51-631 Wrocław, Poland
Interests: animal anatomy; veterinary medicine; veterinary history; archaeozoology; paleopathology; archeology; cultural history
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Animal anatomy belongs to the basic sciences forming the background for studies in the clinical sciences. The aim of this Special Issue is to show the importance of equid morphology for the etiology, pathogenesis and treatment of diseases diagnosed in horses. Equid anatomical structures were well described in classical textbooks, but the veterinary imaging methods, such as X-ray, sonography, computed tomography and magnetic resonance, can highlight important structural details of exact organs and their locations in living animals. Moreover, the clinical procedures used in veterinary surgery, clinical examination, animal reproduction and animal hygiene can be linked with the morphology of animal body structures. The scope of this Special Issue incorporates the field of veterinary sciences dealing with animal care, health, prophylactics and treatment, especially the close relationship between basic and clinical sciences.

Dr. Dominik Poradowski
Dr. Aleksander Chrószcz
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Keywords

  • veterinary medicine
  • horse
  • clinical sciences
  • morphology

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Anatomy of the Right and Left Ventricular Subvalvular Apparatus of the Horse (Equus caballus)
by Karolina Bielińska, Aleksander F. Butkiewicz, Hanna Ziemak and Maciej Zdun
Animals 2024, 14(17), 2563; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14172563 - 3 Sep 2024
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Due to the growing interest among veterinarians and the increasing market demands, the development of equine cardiology is necessary. Currently, veterinary medicine for companion animals needs to catch up to human medicine—equine medicine included. A common condition in older horses is aortic valve [...] Read more.
Due to the growing interest among veterinarians and the increasing market demands, the development of equine cardiology is necessary. Currently, veterinary medicine for companion animals needs to catch up to human medicine—equine medicine included. A common condition in older horses is aortic valve regurgitation resulting from fibrosis, while its more severe form occurs in younger horses or develops due to a bacterial infection. Mitral valve regurgitation, especially dangerous due to the possibility of sudden death, has a better prognosis if the horse has valve prolapse. Tricuspid valve regurgitation usually does not pose a clinical problem, although its severe cases may lead to heart failure. Some pathologies can be treated surgically, which requires excellent knowledge of anatomy. The object of this study consisted of twenty domestic horse hearts. The focus was on the normal and comparative anatomy of the left and right subvalvular apparatus. The number of muscular bellies of the papillary muscles and the type of connection of the muscles were analysed. Moreover, the height of muscle originating from the ventricle wall was determined, the morphological regularity of the papillary muscle was assessed, and the chordae tendineae originating from the papillary muscles were examined. The conducted research allowed for comparing domestic horses with different species through other studies, the authors of which described this particular aspect. Interspecies similarities which may be correlated with the evolutionary relatedness, as well as differences that could reflect adaptation to different lifestyles, environmental conditions, or metabolic requirements of the animals, have been found. This study expands the knowledge of animals’ normal and comparative anatomy, and contributes to the development of veterinary surgery, internal medicine, and biology. Full article
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