TY - JOUR AU - Jiang, Wuyan AU - Liu, Bo AU - Jin, Yipeng AU - Deng, Liang AU - Liao, Qingchao AU - Li, Jing PY - 2021/01/22 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - A clinical survey investigating the dental disorders of jennies in China JF - The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine JA - TJVM VL - 51 IS - 1 SE - Original Articles DO - UR - https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tjvm/article/view/247436 SP - 91-99 AB - <p><span class="fontstyle0">Recent clinical studies have documented a high prevalence of dental disorders in donkeys. However, there are few<br>studies about the same topic in China. A cross-sectional study was performed to investigate the prevalence of clinically<br>diagnosed dental disorders of donkeys in China. A total of 101 jennies which had never received any dental care were<br>examined for the presence of dental disorders under small-holder farm conditions. The prevalence of dental disorders<br>was analyzed by Chi</span><span class="fontstyle2">‐</span><span class="fontstyle0">square test or Fisher's exact correlation test. The strength of association was evaluated using<br>Cramer's V test. Jennies between 2 and 15 years of age were categorized into four age groups. The most common dental<br>disorders were sharp enamel points (100%), incisor diastemata (90.1%) and focal overgrowths (72.3%). Age was<br>moderately related to the presence of ventral convex curvatures, focal overgrowths, wave mouth and canine calculus<br>accumulation </span><span class="fontstyle3">(</span><span class="fontstyle4">P </span><span class="fontstyle0">&lt;0.05</span><span class="fontstyle3">, </span><span class="fontstyle0">0.3 &lt;Cramer's V &lt;0.5</span><span class="fontstyle3">) </span><span class="fontstyle0">. The prevalence of shear mouth (</span><span class="fontstyle4">P </span><span class="fontstyle0">&lt;0.01</span><span class="fontstyle3">, </span><span class="fontstyle0">Cramer's V&gt; 0.5) was<br>significantly associated with age group. Common dental disorders were found in all groups and the prevalence was<br>higher in aged groups. This study indicated that donkeys should receive proper dental care to improve their welfare.</span> </p> ER -