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Theiler's Disease theilers-disease - Coggle Diagram
Theiler's Disease 
Clinical signs
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Neurologic signs
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Hepatoencephalopathy (head pressing)
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Post-mortem findings
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Pale and enlarged liver
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Treatment - not specific
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Mannitol, 0.5 to 1.0 g/kg,
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References
Conditions of the liver, spleen and pancreas. (2014). Knottenbelt and Pascoe’s Color Atlas of Diseases and Disorders of the Horse, 84–104. doi:10.1016/b978-0-7234-3660-7.00002-x
Sturgeon, B. (2017). Theiler’s disease. Veterinary Record, 180(1), 14–15. doi:10.1136/vr.j8
Divers, T. J. (2014). Liver Failure, Anemia, and Blood Transfusion. Equine Emergencies, 268–288. doi:10.1016/b978-1-4557-0892-5.00020-9
Pathophysiology
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antigen-antibody reactions may attempt to clear the virus causing an immune-related apoptosis and necrosis of hepatocyte
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Other horses with TDAV infection may not have any biochemical or clinical effects from the virus and some may become healthy persistent carriers
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