TitleInheritance of recurrent exertional rhabdomyolysis in thoroughbreds.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2005
AuthorsDranchak, PK, Valberg, SJ, Onan, GW, Gallant, EM, MacLeay, JM, McKenzie, EC, De La Corte, FD, Ekenstedt, K, Mickelson, JR
JournalJournal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
Volume227
Issue5
Pagination762-7
Date Published2005 Sep 1
KeywordsRhabdomyolysis
Abstract

To develop a diagnostic test for recurrent exertional rhabdomyolysis (RER) in Thoroughbreds that relied on in vitro contracture of muscle biopsy specimens and determine whether the inheritance pattern of RER diagnosed on the basis of this contracture test was consistent with an autosomal dominant trait.