Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Disseminated necrotizing myeloencephalitis: a herpes-associated neurological disease of horses.
- Journal:
- Veterinary pathology
- Year:
- 1976
- Authors:
- Little, P B & Thorsen, J
- Species:
- horse
Plain-English summary
A horse that was having trouble moving its back legs was found to have a serious brain and spinal cord condition linked to a virus called equine viral rhinopneumonitis type I. This horse, along with 12 others, showed signs of brain and nerve damage. Many of these horses had been unsteady or weak for several weeks. A survey of other horses revealed that many developed similar problems after being around others with respiratory illness. The treatment details and outcomes for these cases were not provided, so it's unclear how well they responded to any care they received.
Abstract
Equine viral rhinopneumonitis type I virus was isolated from spinal cord and brain of a paraparetic horse with disseminated necrotizing myeloencephalitis. Necrotic arteriolitis,nonsuppurative necrotizing myeloencephalitis and Gasserian ganglioneuritis were present. On record were 12 more cases of horses with similar lesions. The horses had been ataxic or paretic for up to several weeks. A field survey indicated that 14 of 24 horses with acute myelitic signs developed them after recent exposure to respiratory disease.
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