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  2. Cerebellar abiotrophy - Wikipedia

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    Symptoms of cerebellar abiotrophy include ataxia or lack of balance, an awkward wide-legged stance, a head tremor (intention tremor) (in dogs, body tremors also occur), hyperreactivity, lack of menace reflex, stiff or high-stepping gait, coarse or jerky head bob when in motion (or, in very young animals, when attempting to nurse), apparent lack ...

  3. Equine shivers - Wikipedia

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    Rarely, horses will show a spastic gait in the front limbs in which the leg is held in full extension or with the knee flexed, with trembling occurring in the upper limb. [2] Despite histologic changes in the cerebellum, horses with shivers do not show clinical signs typical of cerebellar disease (ataxia, intention tremors). [3]

  4. Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis - Wikipedia

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    The horse is a dead-end, or aberrant, host of the parasite. Although all horses are believed to be susceptible to EPM the disease is usually found in younger horses typically around three to six years of age. [2] EPM does not typically correlate with other factors such as poor nutrition or other diseases.

  5. What to know about nervous system disease 'ataxia' - AOL

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    "Often when we refer to cerebellar ataxia," she adds, "we are referring to a collection of diseases that slowly get worse over time." This form of ataxia "can have many causes including cancer ...

  6. Borna disease - Wikipedia

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    Borna disease, also known as sad horse disease, [1] is an infectious neurological syndrome [2] of warm-blooded animals, caused by Borna disease viruses 1 and 2 (BoDV-1/2). BoDV-1/2 are neurotropic viruses of the species Mammalian 1 orthobornavirus, and members of the Bornaviridae family within the Mononegavirales order.

  7. Category:Horse diseases - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Horse diseases" The following 107 pages are in this category, out of 107 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.

  8. Ataxia - Wikipedia

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    Ataxia (from Greek α- [a negative prefix] + -τάξις [order] = "lack of order") is a neurological sign consisting of lack of voluntary coordination of muscle movements that can include gait abnormality, speech changes, and abnormalities in eye movements, that indicates dysfunction of parts of the nervous system that coordinate movement, such as the cerebellum.

  9. Wobbler disease - Wikipedia

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    Wobbler disease or wobbler's syndrome is a broad category of cervical disorders in the horse, including the conditions listed above, as well as equine wobbles anemia and cervical vertebral myelopathy, spinal cord compression (sometimes referred to colloquially among horse owners as "cervical arthritis" due to the arthritis that accumulates in facets).