AVS-4160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Proteoglycan, Hyaline Cartilage, Oat
1 Nov 2016
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Types of rhabdomyolysis: acute, recurrent (possibly linked to genetics, nutrition, and hormone levels, polysaccharide storage myopathy, common in draft, stock, and warmblood breeds. Azoturia = release of myoglobin in the urine. Two reasons for dark urine: rhabdomyolysis, blister beetle poisoning. There is no human equivalent for rhabdomyolysis. Shortages in vitamin e and selenium can cause white muscle disease. If a horse has recurrent rhabdomyolysis, a lack of electrolytes can increase the severity of episodes. You may need to work a horse that is prone to rhabdomyolysis daily to prevent a change in routine. Metabolic conditions can increase the frequency and severity of episodes of rhabdomyolysis. Exercise pushes electrolytes back into the cell and aids in the prevention of leakiness of the cells that leads to rhabdomyolysis. Hypp: in a severe episode, the horse may be recumbent and twitching. These transient changes can trigger a hypp attack: turn the horse out in a small group.
