An unusual incidence of neurological disease affecting horses during a drought.
The clinical, pathological and epidemiological factors were investigated in 12 horses presenting with severe neurological signs. Although the cases involved differing central (n = 1), spinal cord (n = 4) and peripheral nerve (n = 7) deficits in a number of instances, there were similar pathological findings. The possibility of a unifying aetiological factor, such as a toxicosis, is discussed because of the pathological similarities and as the cases appeared during an unusually long dry period.
Robertson-Smith
R G
RG
Jeffcott
L B
LB
Friend
S C
SC
Badcoe
L M
LM
D000818:Animals; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006736:Horses; D008297:Male; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014887:Weather