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Researchers in Switzerland have their eye on clostridial toxins as the possible cause of Equine Atypical Myopathy (EAM), a seasonal, pasture-associated muscle disorder. The disorder is characterised by a generalised complete degeneration of muscle fibres, which leads to sudden death due to collapse of the cardio-respiratory system in over 90 per cent of the cases. Writing in the latest Gluck Equine Disease Quarterly, Dr Lucia Unger and Professor Vinzenz Gerber, from the Equine Clinic at the University of Berne, said the economic impact is often devastating. Affected horses can either die quickly or show profuse sweating, muscle twitching, weakness, abnormal urine colour, reluctance to move, recumbency and difficulty breathing. Death can follow after 12 to 72 hours. Since the cause is unknown, no effective protective treatment exists, and affected horses can only be treated for their symptoms. Large outbreaks have been reported since the 1980s in parts of Europe including the United Kingdom, Fra ...

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