Vestibular signs associated with suspected lightning strike in two horses.
Two previously healthy 14-year-old horses developed right-sided unilateral vestibular signs after they had possibly been struck by lightning. Repeated radiographic and endoscopic evaluations did not reveal any significant changes. A brainstem auditory evoked response test indicated a subtle left to right interaural latency difference of waves I, III and V in the more severely affected pony, but its central conduction time remained normal.
Bedenice
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Department of Clinical Science, Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton, MA 01536, USA.
Hoffman
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Parrott
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McDonnel
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D000818:Animals; D016057:Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006736:Horses; D015168:Lightning Injuries / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D015837:Vestibular Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*