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Equine metabolic syndrome (EMS) is an endocrinopathy affecting horses and ponies. It is of primary concern due to its link to obesity, insulin dysregulation, and subsequent laminitis. There are some similarities in clinical signs between EMS and pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction, also known as PPID or Cushing's disease, and some equines may ...
Grass sickness is a polyneuropathy affecting the central, peripheral and enteric nervous systems. [1] The majority of visible clinical signs are related to paralysis within the digestive tract although nerve damage occurs throughout the body. There are three forms of grass sickness: chronic grass sickness (CGS) - horses present with severe and ...
Theiler's disease. Theiler's disease. Other names. Idiopathic acute hepatitis disease (IAHD), serum-associated hepatitis, serum sickness, postvaccinal hepatitis. Specialty. Veterinary medicine. Theiler's disease is a viral hepatitis that affects horses. It is one of the most common cause of acute hepatitis and liver failure in the horse.
Equine encephalosis virus. Equine exertional rhabdomyolysis. Equid alphaherpesvirus 1. Equid alphaherpesvirus 3. Equine infectious anemia. Equine influenza. Equine melanoma. Equine multinodular pulmonary fibrosis. Equine polysaccharide storage myopathy.
Equine polysaccharide storage myopathy (EPSM, PSSM, EPSSM) is a hereditary glycogen storage disease of horses that causes exertional rhabdomyolysis.It is currently known to affect the following breeds American Quarter Horses, American Paint Horses, Warmbloods, Cobs, Dales Ponies, Thoroughbreds, Arabians, New Forest ponies, and a large number of Heavy horse breeds.
Equine exertional rhabdomyolysis (ER) is a syndrome that affects the skeletal muscles within a horse. This syndrome causes the muscle to break down which is generally associated with exercise and diet regime. Depending on the severity, there are various types of ER, including sporadic (i.e., Tying-Up, Monday Morning Sickness/Disease, Azoturia ...
Many autoimmune diseases can cause hair loss, including alopecia areata, lupus, thyroid diseases, and even psoriasis. Each disease affects your hair differently. Sometimes, your hair loss might ...
Myosin-heavy chain myopathy (MYHM) is a genetic muscle disease found primarily in the American Quarter Horse and crossbred horses with significant Quarter Horse bloodlines. It was added to the AQHA genetic testing panel in 2022. [1] It is a genetic dominant condition, though not all horses who inherit the gene will show clinical signs of being ...