MUSCULAR DISORDER OF THE EQUINE

Muscle development and function is so critical

as the horse.



Selection pressure
Muscel mutations
Stallions

Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis
Disease

Do not often results in
improved muscle function
In some
cases
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BACTERIAL AND PARASITIC
MYOPATHIES
Clostridial myositis, Malignant edema
C. perfringes (A to E), chauvoei, novyi and fallax.
different pathogenesis to Cattle
(nonpenetrating trauma )
Secundary to penetrating wound
hemorrhagic, with edema, suppurative
inflammation, and necrosis; gas may also be present
BACTERIAL AND PARASITIC
MYOPATHIES
BOTULISM
Etiology:
Clostridium botulinum
toxin type B for Equine
metalloproteinases inh.

No specific gross or histopathologic
lesions are present in horses dying
with botulism: pneumonia and
Myofibres necrosis.
Imposible toxine test

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Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis
(pigeon fever)
High lipid cintent of the cell wall
Enter muscle penetrating wounds
Survivla within:
Macrophages
Exotoxins
Affected muscle
Swollen
Intramuscular abseces and inflammation


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PURPURA HERMORRHAGICA
Not be the direct infection of the muscle
But rather by an immune respones to the
bacterial pathogen
Streptococcus equi Complex immune compose
Hemorrhage and infartation in cardiac muscle,
hemorrage and infartation of myofiers.