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VetBooks.ir Clinical presentation FURTHER READING
Neck stiffness, neurological signs and forelimb
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lameness have rarely been associated with disease.
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Differential diagnosis Dyson S (2011) Lesions of the equine neck resulting in
The differential diagnosis should include any con- lameness or poor performance. Vet Clin North Am
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neurological signs. Dyson S (2018) Unexplained forelimb lameness possibly
associated with radiculopathy. Equine Vet Educ
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Diagnosis Dyson S, Busoni V, Salciccia A (2019) Intervertebral disc
Measurement of serum antibody titres is highly disease of the cervical and cranial thoracic vertebrae
unreliable. Polymerase chain reaction assay of cere- in equidae: Eight cases. Equine Vet Educ doi:10.1111/
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of infection. Dyson S, Rasotto R (2016) Idiopathic hopping-type
forelimb lameness syndrome in ridden horses:
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There is little evidence to support successful man- Ricardi G, Dyson S (1993) Forelimb lameness associated
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