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Ataxia: Old and New Causes. Equine Degenerative Myelopathy (EDM) and Neuroaxonal Dystrophy (NAD)

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Madigan J.E.
In: EVC - Voorjaarsdagen - Amsterdam, 2015 by European Veterinary Conference - Voorjaarsdagen
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APR 11, 2015
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ATAXIA: OLD AND NEW CAUSES
EQUINE DEGENERATIVE MYELOPATHY (EDM) AND NEUROAXONAL DYSTROPHY (NAD)

An excellent review and update on Equine Degenerative Myelopathy (EDM) and Neuroaxonal Dystrophy ND) can be found at the Center for Equine Health website where it was the featured topic in the August edition of the horse report.

During the past two years we have been investigating an outbreak of neuroaxonal dystrophy (NAD) and equine degenerative myelopathy (EDM) in Quarter Horses. Our team consisting of Dr. Monica Aleman, Dr. Carrie Finno, Dr. Robert Higgins has documented a significant number of quarter horses that we thought initially might be wobblers. We have reached the conclusion that this condition has been overlooked. In earlier studies at Cornell, NAD/EDM was identified at postmortem examination in 24% of horses with neurological disease, second only to equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM) and more common than cervical vertebral myelopathy (CVM). Since that study was conducted in 1978, more current studies are needed to investigate the prevalence of disease today. […]

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Madigan, J. E. (2015) “Ataxia: Old and New Causes. Equine Degenerative Myelopathy (EDM) and Neuroaxonal Dystrophy (NAD)”, EVC - Voorjaarsdagen - Amsterdam, 2015. Available at: https://www.ivis.org/library/evc/evc-voorjaarsdagen-amsterdam-2015/ataxia-old-and-new-causes-equine-degenerative-myelopathy-edm-and-neuroaxonal-dystrophy-nad (Accessed: 03 June 2023).

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  • John Madigan

    Madigan J.E.

    Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
    MS DVM Dipl. ACVIM ACAW
    Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California
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Every spring the European Veterinary Conference Voorjaarsdagen used to organize. Important goals of the Voorjaarsdagen Conference were to build friendships between veterinarians at a national and international level, to enhance the quality and availability of veterinary medicine and surgery, and to foster the exchange of scientific information among veterinarians.  The activities of the European Veterinary Conference have ceased with the last meeting in 2019.

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