Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Equine Grass Sickness in Cyprus: A case report
- Journal:
- Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences
- Year:
- 2012
- Authors:
- Kypros F. Protopapas et al.
- Species:
- horse
Abstract
Grass sickness (EGS) is a fatal disease of the family Equidae, which was fi rst reported in 1909, in Scotland. Since then, the disease has been reported in many places around the world; however, it mostly occurs in Great Britain. Th is case report describes EGS in a 2-year-old colt thoroughbred racehorse in Cyprus. To the author’s knowledge, this is the fi rst histopathologically confi rmed case of EGS in southern Europe.
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