Stephanie Valberg, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, ACVSMR

Stephanie Valberg, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, ACVSMR, is the Mary Anne McPhail Dressage Chair in Equine Sports Medicine and a Professor of Large Animal Clinical Sciences at Michigan State University. She is a leading researcher on the subject of tying-up and the genetic basis for equine neuromuscular disorders.

Articles by: Stephanie Valberg, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, ACVSMR

Where We Stand With Shivers

Stephanie Valberg, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, ACVSMR December 9, 2016

Learn the latest about this puzzling neuromuscular disease.

equine muscle disorders; Exertional Rhabdomyolysis: Not Just Tying-Up Anymore

What’s the Difference between PSSM Types 1 and 2?

Stephanie Valberg, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, ACVSMR June 26, 2014

Equine muscle expert Dr. Stephanie Valberg explains the differences between these two diseases that cause horses to tie up.

Old School Tying Up Treatment

Stephanie Valberg, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, ACVSMR May 14, 2013

Why have vitamin E/selenium injections prior to whatever led to tying-up in the past been abandoned?

Tying-Up in Horses

Stephanie Valberg, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, ACVSMR July 1, 2002

Tying-up is the most common muscle problem in horses.

Breeding Horses With Genetic Disorders

Stephanie Valberg, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, ACVSMR November 1, 2001

One reader wants to know more about the genetics linked to PSSM in order to make informed breeding decisions.

Tying Up is Split Up

Stephanie Valberg, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, ACVSMR October 1, 2001

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