Andrew T Willis, Anna R Dahlgren, Kevin D Woolard, Sharmila Ghosh, Callum G Donnelly, Andres de la Concha-Bermejillo, Ana Pacheco, Katherine D Watson, Emily Berryhill, Monica Aleman, Fiona Wensley, Sarah Humphreys, Ashley E Whitehead, Dayna Goldsmith, Berkley Chesen, John Ragsdale, James E Tompkins, Ron Nash, Amanda H Plunkett, Heath J Qualls, Katarina Rodriguez, Damaris Hochanadel, Andrew D Miller, Carrie J Finno
BACKGROUND: In 2020, a novel neurologic disease was observed in juvenile Quarter Horses (QHs) in North America. It was unknown if this was an aberrant manifestation of another previously described neurological disorder in foals, such as equine neuroaxonal dystrophy/equine degenerative myeloencephalopathy (eNAD/EDM). HYPOTHESIS/OBJECTIVES: To describe the clinical findings, outcomes, and postmortem changes with Equine Juvenile Spinocerebellar Ataxia (EJSCA), differentiate the disease from other similar neurological disorders, and determine a mode of inheritance...
April 26, 2024: Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine