Articles and discussions on diseases of the horses nervous system. Neurological diseases are common in the horse and can affect the brain, spinal cord, and/or peripheral nerves. These articles will help you define the symptoms you see, localize them to an area of the nervous system, then diagnose and treat.
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Diagnosing Diseases of the Nervous System
Think you may have a disease of the nervous system? This article is the place to start to confirm this and to help localize the lesion to form the basis of a list of possible diseases.
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Dementia: Depression, Excitement, Coma
Dementia means a change in the normal behavior of a horse. The normal behavior of horses is different from horse to horse. Also it is normal that a horse's behavior will change depending on circumstances and environment. What is normal for one horse may appear as depression in another. It is the change from the normal that is important to notice. For more on this and other forms of dementia check out the article on diagnosis.
- Diagnosing Dementia, Behavioral Changes, and Seizures (1, 0)
- Rabies (1, 0)
- Eastern, Western, and Venezuelean Viral Encephalitis (2, 0)
- Moldy Corn Poisoning or Leukoencephalomalacia (1, 0)
- Maladjustment Syndrome in Newborn Foals (1, 0)
- Grass Sickness, Equine Dysautonomia, and Mal Seco (2, 0)
- Locoweed Poisoning (1, 0)
- Ionophores (Monensin and others) and Livestock Feed Poisoning (2, 0)
- Depression, Excitement, etc… topics not covered above (1, 0)
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Incoordination, Weakness, Spasticity, Tremors
Most folks understand what you mean when you say "muscular weakness" but incoordination can be a bit less clear and sometimes the two can look like each other. Often these are diseases of the spinal cord, lower motor neurons, or neuromuscular junctions. The articles in this topic explains the differences and then provides articles on specific diseases and conditions that cause weakness and incoordination.
- Diagnosing Incoordination, Ataxia and Weakness (2, 0)
- Cerebellar Disease in Horses and Foals (1, 0)
- Wobblers or Cervical Stenotic Myelopathy (4, 6)
- Equine Degenerative Myeloencephalopathy (EDM) or Neuroaxonal Dystro… (3, 0)
- West Nile Virus (3, 0)
- Cauda Equina Neuritis or Polyneuritis Equi (1, 0)
- EPM, Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis (4, 0)
- EHV-1 (Equine Herpes) Myeloencephalopathy (4, 6)
- Botulism Poisoning, Shaker Foals (2, 0)
- Epsom Salts and Magnesium Toxicity (1, 0)
- Equine Motor Neuron Disease (EMND) (1, 0)
- Tetanus (1, 0)
- Grass Staggers: Perennial Ryegrass and Dallis Grass (Paspalum) Pois… (1, 0)
- Temporohyoid Osteoarthropathy and Hyoid Disease (0, 0)
- Incoordination, Weakness, etc… topics not coverd above (2, 0)
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Seizures and Fainting
Seizures represent a abnormal electrical event in the brain often with loss of consciousness. Loss of consciousness, or fainting, can be caused by drugs, seizures, trauma, and / or loss of blood pressure to the brain. These articles discuss the main rule outs, there diagnosis, and where possible treatment.
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Diagnosing Diseases of the Nervous System