Posted by on Apr 21, 2010 in General News | 0 comments
After wreaking havoc in the north of France, the often fatal condition, atypical myopathy , has now claimed the lives of yet another five horses within a few days in the area of Ham (Somme). Two cases were reported in Saint-Gobain and a third suspected case is near-Frières Faillouël.
Affected animals exhibit symptoms such as weakness, stiffness, difficulty or refusal to move, stand up,...
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Posted by on Dec 9, 2009 in General News, Welfare | 2 comments
Equine ATYPICAL MYOPATHY (Myopathie Atypique in French) is a frequently fatal condition affecting grazing horses in autumn and/or spring. The clinical signs of this myopathy seem to appear after typical climatic conditions with global warming also being blamed for the increase in cases recently.
At the beginning of December there were 300 reported cases in Europe, over 80 of these being within...
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