title: Nutritional muscular dystrophy in a four-day-old Connemara foal.
abstract: This report describes a four-day-old, full-term Connemara colt, presented for the evaluation of a progressive inability to rise unassisted. A diagnosis of nutritional muscular dystrophy was made based on muscular weakness, elevated muscle enzymes and low vitamin E, selenium and glutathione peroxidase activity. The foal was treated with intramuscular vitamin E-selenium and made a full recovery.
authors.affiliation: University Veterinary Hospital, School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland. lisa.katz@ucd.ie.
authors.forename: Lm
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: O'Dwyer
authors.forename: Pj
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pollock