Suspected myofibrillar myopathy in Arabian horses with a history of exertional rhabdomyolysis.

ABSTRACT:

Reasons for performing study

Although exertional rhabdomyolysis (ER) is common in Arabian horses, there are no dedicated studies describing histopathological characteristics of muscle from Arabian horses with ER.

Objectives

To prospectively identify distinctive histopathological features of muscle from Arabian endurance horses with a history of ER (pro-ER) and to retrospectively determine their prevalence in archived samples from Arabian horses with exertional myopathies (retro-ER).

Study design

Prospective and retrospective histopathological description.

Methods

Middle gluteal muscle biopsies obtained from Arabian controls (n = 14), pro-ER (n = 13) as well as archived retro-ER (n = 25) muscle samples previously classified with type 2 polysaccharide storage myo

SUBMITTER: Valberg SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4833696 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature