2024年2月22日 · Hyperesthesia in horses is a neurological disorder characterized by extreme sensitivity and hyperresponsiveness to touch, auditory and visual stimuli. It is a rare condition that can be caused by various factors, including West Nile virus.

2023年7月3日 · Clinical signs that may show up due to this movement are swollen lymph nodes near the site of the tick bite, dermatitis, hyperesthesia – increased sensitivity in the horse when it is touched – stiffness, multiple limb lameness, inflammation in the joint capsules, and occasionally meningitis or uveitis.

Hyperesthesia is a useful localizing sign to denote an increased sensitivity to a nonnoxious stimulus such as deep palpation of the spinal column, cranium, and limbs. Evaluation is performed beginning distal to the area of lesion suspicion and directed …

Video S1: This video highlights a horse that presented for suspect cervical pain and hyperesthesia in the neck region. The horse appears guarded and the thoracolumbar epaxial musculature is hypertonic, though the horse does not openly show pain upon myofascial palpation in that region.

The most common clinical signs of cauda equina neuritis in horses include hyperesthesia (tail rubbing and hypersensitivity to touch), behavioral changes, prolapsed penis, fecal retention, cystitis, and urine scalding of the limbs. Mild pelvic limb weakness, ataxia, and muscle atrophy in the hind end region may be found.

It is more common in mature horses and usually starts with hyperesthesia progressing to anesthesia. There is progressive paralysis of the tail, rectum, bladder and urethra leading to urine dribbling. Rear limb ataxia with gluteal atrophy may be present.

2006年3月1日 · Polyneuritis equi is an uncommon neurologic disease of mature horses and ponies, principally characterized by clinical signs relating to chronic granulomatous inflammation of the cauda equina.

The six cases reported by Magouras et al. , where five horses were discharged, were presented with abnormalities in mentation (in four horses) and cranial nerves (in two horses), ataxia from grade 2/5 to 4/5, hyperesthesia (in five horses), and tremors (in two horses), as well as twitching of nostrils, photophobia, stringhalt-like gait, and ...

1986年3月15日 · Rabies was diagnosed in 2 adult Quarter Horses with hindlimb hyperesthesia and progressive weakness. Microscopic examination of the cord and brain of the first horse revealed nonsuppurative meningomyelitis and ganglioneuritis in the cord extending cranially to the 6th cervical segment.

This research article investigates two cases of rabies in adult Quarter Horses experiencing hindlimb hyperesthesia and progressive weakness. Using various techniques, the researchers confirmed the presence of rabies in the horses’ hindlimb peripheral nerve specimens and delved into the viral distribution within the body of one horse.