Equine Dysautonomia

Bruce C McGorum; R Scott Pirie

doi:10.1016/j.cveq.2017.11.010

Equine Dysautonomia

Bruce C McGorum, R Scott Pirie

Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies

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Abstract

Equine dysautonomia (ED; also known as equine grass sickness) is a neurological disease of unknown cause, which primarily affects grazing adult horses. The clinical signs reflect degeneration of specific neuronal populations, predominantly within the autonomic and enteric nervous systems, with disease severity and prognosis determined by the extent of neuronal loss. This review is primarily focused on the major clinical decision-making processes in relation to ED, namely, (1) clinical diagnosis, (2) selection of appropriate ancillary diagnostic tests, (3) obtaining diagnostic confirmation, (4) selection of treatment candidates, and (5) identifying appropriate criteria for euthanasia.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	113-125
Journal	Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice
Volume	34
Issue number	1
Early online date	2 Feb 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cveq.2017.11.010
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2018

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

Grass sickness;
Dysautonomia
Ileus
Chromatolysis
Enteric nervous system

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