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Thirty\u2010five of 57 (61%) foals treated surgically for rib fractures that survived to discharge started a race compared to 173 of 257 (67%) of maternal siblings that raced.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Short\u2010 and long\u2010term outcome were not affected by co\u2010morbidities, surgical technique, or number of fractured ribs.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Clinical significance<\/jats:title><jats:p>Neonates with surgically repaired fractured ribs had a good prognosis for survival and and those that survived had a similar chances of starting a race compared to maternal siblings.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/vsu.13701","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,9,6]],"date-time":"2021-09-06T11:41:42Z","timestamp":1630928502000},"page":"62-67","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Survival and racing performance after 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