Acquired torticollis in eleven horses.
Case records of 11 horses with acquired torticollis during a 15-year period were reviewed. The cause was established in seven of eight cases and included cervical intervertebral disk protrusion, skull fracture, neurogenic atrophy, and dystrophic myodegeneration. The latter condition was considered to be the most likely cause in the three horses that recovered.
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006736:Horses; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D009133:Muscular Atrophy / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary; D009137:Muscular Dystrophy, Animal / Q000150:complications; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary; D014103:Torticollis / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*