Nakamura T, Kiryu K, Machida N, Iwata T, Oikawa M, Kaneko M
Department of Veterinary Pathology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan.
Am J Vet Res. 1992 Mar;53(3):288-90.
The common, external, and internal carotid and occipital arteries were examined histologically at the trifurcation of the common carotid arteries in 13 Thoroughbred foals (0 to 30 days old) and 64 Thoroughbred adults (2 to 4 years old). Calcification in the media of the common carotid and external carotid arteries was observed in 3 of the 13 foals and in 30 of the 64 adult horses. Calcification resembled that seen in Mönckeberg's arteriosclerosis in human beings, the cause of which is unknown.
对13匹纯种马驹（0至30日龄）和64匹成年纯种马（2至4岁）的颈总动脉、颈外动脉、颈内动脉和枕动脉在颈总动脉分叉处进行了组织学检查。在13匹驹中的3匹以及64匹成年马中的30匹中观察到颈总动脉和颈外动脉中膜钙化。这种钙化类似于人类的门克贝格动脉硬化，其病因尚不清楚。
