Concurrent atypical myopathy and equine dysautonomia in two horses.
This report concerns 2 horses that suffered typical clinical signs of atypical myopathy (AM) and equine grass sickness (EGS) concurrently. Clinical details and pathological lesions of the cases are described. EGS and AM are relatively rare diseases and the concurrency of the diseases in the same animals is therefore considered unlikely to be a coincidence. However, it is not suggested that the evidence shows a common aetiology but rather the existence of common predisposing causes.
Vercauteren
G
G
Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Poultry Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, 9820 Merelbeke, Belgium.
van der Heyden
S
S
Lefère
L
L
Chiers
K
K
Laevens
H
H
Ducatelle
R
R
D000818:Animals; D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D015897:Comorbidity; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D006736:Horses; D007150:Immunohistochemistry / Q000662:veterinary; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*