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Clinical, Clinicopathologic, and Epidemiologic Features of Anhidrosis in Central Florida Thoroughbred Horses
- Source :
- Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine. 1:136-141
- Publication Year :
- 1987
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 1987.
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Abstract
- A group of 834 Thoroughbred horses was surveyed on four central Florida farms for clinical and epidemiologic features of anhidrosis. In addition, comparative analysis was made of serum thyroxine, serum electrolytes, and fractional urinary electrolyte excretion ratios. An overall disease prevalence of 6.12% was observed. Training horses and nonpregnant broodmares had a predilection for the disease. Adolescent horses were infrequently affected. There was no correlation with sex or color. Comparative clinical signs, related to thermoregulatory compromise, included tachypnea and hyperthermia. Long-term effect included focal and generalized alopecia, decreased appetite, and impaired performance. Previously reported hypothyroidism and hypochloremia were not demonstrated; however, fractional urinary chloride excretion ratios indicated a significant relative conservation of chloride.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Urinary system
Hypochloremia
Prevalence
Physiology
Disease
Tachypnea
Excretion
Electrolytes
Internal medicine
Animals
Medicine
Horses
Anhidrosis
Hypohidrosis
General Veterinary
business.industry
Electrolyte excretion
medicine.disease
Thyroxine
Endocrinology
Florida
Female
Horse Diseases
medicine.symptom
business
Body Temperature Regulation
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19391676 and 08916640
- Volume :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6807d16cec3ff66be9562d62ac70a5af
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-1676.1987.tb02001.x