Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Thermographic diagnosis of Horner's syndrome in the horse.
- Journal:
- American journal of veterinary research
- Year:
- 1980
- Authors:
- Purohit, R C et al.
- Species:
- horse
Plain-English summary
Researchers studied the heat patterns on the heads of normal horses before and after they exercised to help diagnose head diseases. They created Horner's syndrome (a condition that affects the nerves in the eye and face) in four horses by cutting a specific nerve. They then looked at one horse with natural Horner's syndrome and found that its heat patterns matched those of the horses that had the condition induced surgically. This suggests that thermography (a technique that uses heat patterns to diagnose conditions) can be useful in identifying Horner's syndrome in horses.
Abstract
Lateral and frontal thermographic patterns of the head of normal horses before and after exercise were characterized to aid the diagnosis of diseases of the head. Surgical induction of Horner's syndrome was done in four horses by isolation and transection of the vagosympathetic trunk. One clinical case and the surgically induced cases of Horner's syndrome were evaluated clinically. Thermographic findings of the clinical case were similar to the experimental cases.
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