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What are the signs of PSSM2 in horses? In Arabians, Quarter Horses and several other breeds, the most common clinical sign of PSSM2-ER is tying up (episodes of muscle pain, stiffness, reluctance to move) with increased serum CK and AST.
Unistel Medical Laboratories offers a test to determine whether horses have the mutated copies for the GYS1 gene which could result in Polysaccharide storage myopathy. Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome Testing in Horses
20 gru 2023 · Genetic testing panels for horses are used to detect genes associated with conditions including Polysaccharide Storage Myopathy (PSSM), Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis (HYPP), or Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID).
Pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID), commonly known as Cushing's disease, is one of the most common endocrine disorders in horses and ponies. It most commonly affects older horses (with the average horse age being approximately 20 years of age), however it has been reported in horses as young as seven years old.
Multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) syndromes are characterized by tumors involving multiple endocrine glands. Subtypes MEN1 and MEN2 are distinguished by clinical features and molecular testing. MEN2 includes the additional subtypes MEN2A, MEN2B, and familial medullary thyroid carcinoma (FMTC).
14 sie 2023 · Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN 2) is a hereditary cancer syndrome associated primarily with tumors of the adrenal gland, thyroid and parathyroid. It is further classified into MEN2A and MEN2B.
Young to middle aged horses with regional or general adiposity are characteristic of equine metabolic syndrome (EMS). Diagnosis is dependent on history, physical exam, and diagnostic tests. The diagnostic tests presently recommended for diagnosis and follow up of EMS are: Insulin, the Oral Sugar Test (OST), and Leptin.
