Andrew Miller, DVM, Dipl. ACVP: No financial relationships to disclose
Horses are prone to a wide variety of infectious and non-infectious causes of neurologic disease. While ancillary testing can provide guidance on potential etiologies, study of equine nervous tissue provides important insight into the underlying pathophysiology. This presentation will focus on several important infectious causes of equine encephalomyelitis (Eastern equine encephalitis, West Nile virus, equine herpesvirus 1, Sarcocystis neurona, and Borrelia burgdorferi) and select non-infectious causes of neurologic disease, focusing predominately on equine neuroaxonal dystrophy (equine degenerative myelopathy), equine motor neuron disease, and cervical vertebral compressive myelopathy. Case examples will be used to introduce clinical presentations and illustrate how the underlying pathology correlates with the clinical disease.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion, the participant will be able to understand the underlying pathology of equine neuroaxonal dystrophy/equine degenerative myelopathy (eNAD/EDM).
Upon completion, the participant will be able to recognize the similarities and differences in the neuropathology of Eastern equine encephalitis virus, West Nile virus, and equine herpesvirus-1 infection.
Upon completion, the participant will be able to define the neuropathology of equine protozoal myeloencephalitis and how to differentiate it from viral encephalitides.
