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Management of headshaking in three horses by treatment for protozoal myeloencephalitis
Author(s) -
Moore L. A.,
Johnson P. J.,
Messer N. T.,
Kline K. L.,
Crump L. M.,
Knibb J. R.
Publication year - 1997
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.141.11.264
Subject(s) - incidence (geometry) , medicine , cerebrospinal fluid , horse , pyrimethamine , pathology , biology , malaria , physics , optics , paleontology , plasmodium falciparum
Unlike the incidence of equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM), which appears to be increasing, headshaking is an uncommon problem for horses in Missouri and the adjacent states. Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis was incriminated in three horses examined for the treatment of headshaking on the basis of a neurological examination, an analysis of cerebrospinal fluid and their response to treatment. The headshaking and stereotypical behaviour associated with EPM was successfully treated with potentiated sulphonamides and pyrimethamine.