Why do you have to die if you break a horse leg?
1. A horse can't live on three legs.
Mainly related to the structure of horseshoe. The hoof bones of horseshoes are sharper. In order to prevent the hoof bone from hurting the horseshoe, hoof leaves are protected around the hoof bone. When one leg of a horse is broken, the pressure on the other three legs will increase, and the pressure exerted by the hoof bone will also increase. Over time, the hoof leaves can no longer protect the horseshoe, and the sharp hoof bones will pierce the hoof leaves. At this time, the horseshoe will become inflamed, also called hoof leaf inflammation.
Once a horse gets hoofitis, the consequences are so serious that it can't even stand up or lie down. The final outcome is obvious.
2. Treatment is very difficult.
There are 80 bones in a horse's leg, and the bones are relatively light, that is to say, if a horse's leg is broken, it is generally comminuted and difficult to treat. And the bigger the horse, the harder it is to treat. The survival rate of a pony or underage horse is slightly higher after its leg is broken.
Secondly, the knee joint of a horse is mainly composed of the femoral knee and the femoral tibia, which are interlinked, that is to say, once the knee of a horse is injured, it will quickly infect both sides from the injured part, resulting in pathological changes, and the treatment difficulty will be greatly increased. Finally, even if it can be treated, it often takes a long time, but once the horse lies down for a long time, it will cause some permanent injuries.
3. The treatment cost is very high.
Once a horse's leg is broken, it often needs amputation, which is not only difficult to treat, but also expensive. Most importantly, due to the special structure of horse legs, up to now, most of the artificial limbs created about horses are made of carbon graphite and titanium. Although these two substances can solve the problem of horse prosthesis to a certain extent, they are extremely expensive materials and are generally used in aerospace industry.
Even if it is cured, the horse may not live.
As the old saying goes, "it takes a hundred days to move the bones", which means that if a fracture or tendon injury occurs, it will take about 100 days to fully recover. /kloc-the 0/00-day rehabilitation period may be nothing for people, but it has become a big problem for horses, because horses are active and cannot lie down for a long time. Therefore, people can only use special supports to ensure that they can stand and recover without moving.
This kind of support is called suspender, which can keep the horse standing, but at the same time, if the suspender is used for a long time, the horse will feel pain and discomfort, leading to its irritability and struggle, which is not only not conducive to their rehabilitation, but will aggravate their condition.
For example, there was a serious fracture of the left hind foot in a horse race because of heavy load. After the veterinary diagnosis, it was suggested to euthanize him, but the owner and fans of the horse insisted on doing their best to treat him. In the end, although the operation was successfully completed, the injury of the horse continued to deteriorate after the operation. Within a few weeks, its wound began to rot, then it suffered from hoof inflammation and finally passed away painfully.