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An unusual incidence of neurological disease affecting horses during a drought
Author(s) -
ROBERTSONSMITH R. G.,
JEFFCOTT L. B.,
FRIEND S. C. E.,
BADCOE L. M.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
australian veterinary journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1751-0813
pISSN - 0005-0423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1985.tb06031.x
Subject(s) - pathological , etiology , incidence (geometry) , disease , medicine , spinal cord , epidemiology , pathology , peripheral , pediatrics , physiology , physics , psychiatry , optics
SUMMARY 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.