Nutritional muscular dystrophy in a four-day-old Connemara foal |
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| Authors: | LM Katz S O'Dwyer PJ Pollock |
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| Institution: | University Veterinary Hospital, School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland. lisa.katz@ucd.ie. |
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| Abstract: | This report describes a four-day-old, full-term Connemara colt, presented for the evaluation of a progressive inability to rise unassisted. A diagnosis of nutritional muscular dystrophy was made based on muscular weakness, elevated muscle enzymes and low vitamin E, selenium and glutathione peroxidase activity. The foal was treated with intramuscular vitamin E-selenium and made a full recovery. |
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| Keywords: | elevated muscle enzymes equine foal nutritional muscular dystrophy selenium weakness white muscle disease vitamin E |
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