Neurological diseases can be some of the most devastating and dangerous clinical problems seen in horses. Due to their size, strength, and temperament, neurological horses can become a danger to themselves or to those around them. Several neurological diseases of the horse have nutritional origins. Large, fast-growing young horses which are overfed can sometimes become wobblers. Equine protozoal myelitis is caused by organisms which are transmitted to the horse orally, via grain, hay, pasture, or water. Equine degenerative myelopathy and equine motor neuron disease are both rarer conditions which have been linked to dietary vitamin E deficiencies. Some of these neurological diseases are treatable, but most are preventable with proper, balanced nutrition in appropriate daily amounts.
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