Wooblers syndrome in a horse
Journal Title: Revista MVZ Cordoba - Year 2013, Vol 18, Issue 1
Abstract
A case of Wooblers syndrome is described in a complete male 14-year-old horse from the town of Cereté (Cordoba, Colombia). This condition is also known as equine cervical vertebral stenotic myelopathy (CVSM), which is a disease characterized by developmental cervical spinal canal stenosis resulting in intermittent or continuous compression of the spinal cord. This patient showed to have signs of incoordination which included stumbling, symmetrical ataxia, paresis or weakness, spasticity and loss of propioception, particularly in the hindquarters, so that radiology was performed to detect cervical spinal canal stenosis at the level of the cervical vertebrae C4. These findings are related as Wooblers syndrome.
Authors and Affiliations
José Cardona Á, M. Sc *| Universidad de Córdoba. Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia. Departamento de Ciencias Pecuarias. Montería, Colombia.Correspondencia: cardonalvarez@hotmail.com, César Betancur H, M. Sc| Universidad de Córdoba. Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia. Departamento de Ciencias Pecuarias. Montería, Colombia., Jaime Alvarez P, M. Sc| Universidad de Córdoba. Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia. Departamento de Ciencias Pecuarias. Montería, Colombia.
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