Diagnosis, treatment and outcome following chronic encircling hobbling wounds in a group of working Donkeys in Morocco

Owners of working equids in Morocco, as other low and middle-income countries hobble their animals around the pastern using different materials (wire, baling twine ropes). Resulting wounds are very common can cause serious damage. Some hobbles even embed into soft tissue bony structures pastern. Using a retrospective study The American Fondouk hospital’s clinical records, diagnosis, treatment outcomes embedding hobbling injuries described. From 2012 to 2020, sixteen donkeys were presented suffering from unilateral severe lameness (4/5 5/5 on AAEP scale) associated with wounds. Circumferential and/or fibrosis present all these cases. Because suspicion presence wire or twine, radiographs pasterns routinely taken. Ten out showed situ encircling others ghost outline similar periosteal reactions. All treated by surgical removal hobble, wound flushing, systemic antibiotics, bandaging. outcome was good excellent In authors’ knowledge, this is first report literature treatment, embedded Equidae.