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Wobblers or Cervical Stenotic Myelopathy
by Robert N. Oglesby DVM
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Prognosis of Surgery
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Wobblers is generally considered a congenital or traumatic disease that is caused by impingement of the spinal cord by the cervical (neck) vertebrae and is therefore dubbed, cervical stenotic myelopathy (CSM). The symptoms include stumbling, incoordination, and weakness in horses less than three years of age and may be the most common neurological disease in growing horses. As horses have begun to age a second group of wobblers is emerging, the older horse with osteoarthritis of the vertebrae. The arthritis results in instability and narrowing of the spinal canal and impingement on the spinal cord. This article concerns itself with clinical signs, diagnosis, and treatment of CSM.
~Word Count: 1649 words (The average magazine page contains about 600 words);
~Last Updated: November 14, 2008;
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Discussions on Wobblers or Cervical Stenotic Myelopathy
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 | Vet say's he seems "neurological" | 1 | 5 | Oct 4, 08 |
| Help for a 16 month colt - wobblers? | 1 | 5 | Sep 19, 08 |
| Possible Wobblers in my new 6 yr old warmblood | 1 | 2 | Mar 15, 08 |
| Research Summary: Fractures of the cervical vertebral odontoid | 1 | 1 | Feb 25, 08 |
| Wobbler syndrome? | 1 | 10 | Oct 26, 07 |
| 32 year old mare has symptoms of CSM | 1 | 6 | May 20, 07 |
| Newly diagnosed with wobblers | 1 | 16 | Mar 14, 08 |
| Wobblers confirmed in 3 1/2 year old gelding | 1 | 29 | Nov 12, 06 |
| Any hope for older wobblers? | 1 | 5 | Feb 1, 06 |
| Is there any hope for a Wobbler? | 1 | 15 | Jul 8, 07 |
| Wobblers and behavioural/ psychological changes | 1 | 4 | Apr 25, 03 |
| Could this be wobbles? | 1 | 21 | Sep 18, 03 |
| Wobbles, EPSM or a little of both | 1 | 4 | Nov 9, 02 |
| Life expectancy with Wobblers? | 1 | 6 | Jun 6, 02 |
| Wobblers or cervical stenotic Myelopathy | 1 | 6 | May 6, 02 |
| Wobbles & Genetics | 1 | 7 | Sep 28, 01 |
| Is it Wobblers and What Do I Do? | 1 | 2 | Jul 15, 01 |
| Wobblers, and relation to OCD/DOD | 1 | 19 | Oct 6, 02 |
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