Where We Stand With Shivers
Stephanie Valberg, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, ACVSMR
December 9, 2016
Learn the latest about this puzzling neuromuscular disease.
Learn the latest about this puzzling neuromuscular disease.
Equine muscle expert Dr. Stephanie Valberg explains the differences between these two diseases that cause horses to tie up.
Why have vitamin E/selenium injections prior to whatever led to tying-up in the past been abandoned?
Tying-up is the most common muscle problem in horses.
One reader wants to know more about the genetics linked to PSSM in order to make informed breeding decisions.
Muscle disease in performance horses commonly is referred to as tying-up, exertional rhabdomyolysis, azoturia, or Monday morning disease. Horses experiencing tying-up show a stiff gait; reluctance to move; firm, painful muscle cramps; profuse
I just bought a filly who had recurrent bouts of ‘tying-up.’ What can you tell me about this disease?
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