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Nasal obstruction caused by nutritional osteodystrophia fibrosa in a group of Ethiopian horses
Author(s) -
Clarke C. J.,
Roeder P. L.,
Dixon P. M.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.138.23.568
Subject(s) - histopathology , medicine , horse , weight loss , veterinary medicine , pathology , biology , obesity , paleontology
A severe, advanced case of nutritional osteodystrophia fibrosa is described in a 10‐year‐old gelding with primary upper respiratory obstruction and chronic weight loss, which was one of a group of similarly affected horses in Ethiopia. The diagnosis was based on the clinical signs, gross lesions, histopathology and management history. The affected bones had suffered severe mineral depletion.