An ongoing concern: 20 years of research on equine atypical myopathy.

Horses; Animals; Sentinel Surveillance/veterinary; Biomedical Research; Horse Diseases; Muscular Diseases/veterinary; Muscular Diseases; Sentinel Surveillance; Veterinary (all); Toxicologie; Myopathie atypique; Érable; Prévention; Pâture; Acer; Acer pseudoplatanus; Atypical myopathy; Maple; Prevention; Pasture; Ruminants; Toxine; Toxin; Intoxication; Poisoning; Toxicology

Abstract :

[en] Anne-Christine François, Benoît Renaud, Caroline-Julia Kruse, Christel Marcillaud-Pitel and Dominique-Marie Votion of the Atypical Myopathy Alert Group discuss insights from 20 years of research and surveillance on equine atypical myopathy.

Research Center/Unit :

FARAH. Médecine vétérinaire comparée - ULiège
FARAH - Fundamental and Applied Research for Animals and Health - ULiège

Disciplines :

Veterinary medicine & animal health

Author, co-author :

François, Anne-Christine ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Fundamental and Applied Research for Animals and Health (FARAH)

Renaud, Benoît ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Fundamental and Applied Research for Animals and Health (FARAH)

Kruse, Caroline ; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Belgium & Réseau d'Epidémio-Surveillance en Pathologie Équine (RESPE), France

Marcillaud-Pitel, Christel; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Belgium & Réseau d'Epidémio-Surveillance en Pathologie Équine (RESPE), France

Votion, Dominique ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Fundamental and Applied Research for Animals and Health (FARAH) > FARAH: Médecine vétérinaire comparée

Language :

English

Title :

An ongoing concern: 20 years of research on equine atypical myopathy.

Publication date :

14 December 2024

Journal title :

Veterinary Record

ISSN :

0042-4900

eISSN :

2042-7670

Publisher :

John Wiley and Sons Inc, England

Volume :

195

Issue :

Pages :

e5039

Peer reviewed :

Editorial reviewed

Additional URL :

https://bvajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/vetr.5039

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