Dysautonomia in a six-year-old mule in the United States.
Equine dysautonomia, also known as equine grass sickness (EGS), is a well documented disease in several countries. To the authors' knowledge, EGS has not been reported previously in North America. This report describes EGS in a 6-year-old female mule in the USA. Failure initially to consider EGS resulted in a delayed diagnosis. EGS should be considered as a differential diagnosis and appropriate diagnostic tests performed in similar cases in North America.
Department of Clinical Sciences and Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA.
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D000818:Animals; D018397:Equidae; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D054969:Primary Dysautonomias / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology