Shirakawa T, Ide M, Taniyama H, Tobiwatari K, Senba H, Oishi H, Matsui T, Ono T
Department of Veterinary Pathology, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido, Japan.
J Comp Pathol. 1989 Apr;100(3):287-94. doi: 10.1016/0021-9975(89)90106-0.
A 1-month-old male thoroughbred foal, which had difficulty in walking, was killed and examined by histological, histochemical and ultrastructural methods. The muscles of the trunk and upper hind limbs were chiefly affected, and changes in the affected muscles resembled those in muscular dystrophy in man. The type of muscular dystrophy present in this foal and the significance of this disease in thoroughbred horses are discussed. The dystrophy in this foal resembled the limb-girdle type or myotonic dystrophy of muscular dystrophy in man.
一匹1月龄雄性纯种马驹，行走困难，经安乐死后采用组织学、组织化学和超微结构方法进行检查。躯干和后肢上部肌肉受影响最为严重，且患部肌肉的变化类似于人类的肌肉萎缩症。本文讨论了该马驹所患肌肉萎缩症的类型以及这种疾病在纯种马中的意义。该马驹的肌肉萎缩症类似于人类肌肉萎缩症中的肢带型或强直性肌营养不良型。
