Peta Hitchens

Validation of inertial measurement units to detect and predict horse behaviour while stabled

Katrina Anderson, Ashleigh Morrice-West, Elizabeth A Walmsley, Andrew D Fisher, R Chris Whitton, Peta L Hitchens

Journal article  |  2023  |  EQUINE VETERINARY JOURNAL

BACKGROUND: Musculoskeletal injuries are observed in Thoroughbred racehorses and may become catastrophic. Currently, there are lim..

Author Correction: Predicting the potential for zoonotic transmission and host associations for novel viruses.

Pranav S Pandit, Simon J Anthony, Tracey Goldstein, Kevin J Olival, Megan M Doyle, Nicole R Gardner, Brian Bird, Woutrina Smith, David Wolking, Kirsten Gilardi, Corina Monagin, Terra Kelly, Marcela M Uhart, Jonathan H Epstein, Catherine Machalaba, Melinda K Rostal, Patrick Dawson, Emily Hagan, Ava Sullivan, Hongying Li, et al.

Journal article  |  2023  |  Communications biology

Prevalence and Factors Associated with Working Equid Lameness in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Mathilde S Merridale-Punter, Anke K Wiethoelter, Charles M El-Hage, Peta L Hitchens

Journal article  |  2022  |  ANIMALS

Lameness is an important concern in working equids of low- and middle-income communities (LMICs) with significant One Welfare impl..

Video analysis of jockey fall characteristics in horse racing.

Lindsay E Nylund, Peter J Sinclair, Peta L Hitchens, Stephen Cobley

Journal article  |  2022  |  J Sci Med Sport

OBJECTIVES: To identify characteristics of jockey falls associated with high-risk landings using a modified Equestrian Fall Assess..

Effects of in vivo fatigue-induced microdamage on local subchondral bone strains

Fatemeh Malekipour, Peta L Hitchens, R Chris Whitton, Peter Vee-Sin Lee

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS

Biomechanical strain is a major stimulus of subchondral bone (SCB) tissue adaptation in joints but may also lead to initiation and..

Catastrophic Musculoskeletal Injuries in Thoroughbred Racehorses in Uruguay, 2011-2017

Nicholas H Bimson, Ashleigh V Morrice-West, Adelene SM Wong, Peta L Hitchens, Maria R Rocca, Chris Whitton

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF EQUINE VETERINARY SCIENCE

Catastrophic musculoskeletal injuries (CMI) pose a major welfare concern to horses and their riders, yet limited data are availabl..

Predicting the potential for zoonotic transmission and host associations for novel viruses

PS Pandit, SJ Anthony, T Goldstein, KJ Olival, MM Doyle, NR Gardner, B Bird, WA Smith, D Wolking, K Gilardi, C Monagin, T Kelly, M Uhart, JH Epstein, C Machalaba, MK Rostal, P Dawson, E Hagan, A Sullivan, H Li, et al.

Journal article  |  2022  |  COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY

Host-virus associations have co-evolved under ecological and evolutionary selection pressures that shape cross-species transmissio..

Relationship between Thoroughbred workloads in racing and the fatigue life of equine subchondral bone

Ashleigh Morrice-West, Peta L Hitchens, Elizabeth A Walmsley, Kate Tasker, Ser Lin Lim, Ariel D Smith, R Chris Whitton

Journal article  |  2022  |  SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

Fatigue life (FL) is the number of cycles of load sustained by a material before failure, and is dependent on the load magnitude. ..

Biomechanical and Microstructural Properties of Subchondral Bone From Three Metacarpophalangeal Joint Sites in Thoroughbred Racehorses

Duncan J Pearce, Peta L Hitchens, Fatemeh Malekipour, Babatunde Ayodele, Peter Vee Sin Lee, R Chris Whitton

Journal article  |  2022  |  FRONTIERS IN VETERINARY SCIENCE

Fatigue-induced subchondral bone (SCB) injury is common in racehorses. Understanding how subchondral microstructure and microdamag..

Changes in Thoroughbred speed and stride characteristics over successive race starts and their association with musculoskeletal injury

Adelene SM Wong, Ashleigh Morrice-West, R Chris Whitton, Peta L Hitchens

Journal article  |  2022  |  EQUINE VETERINARY JOURNAL

BACKGROUND: Certain stride characteristics have been shown to affect changes in biomechanical factors that are associated with inj..