Equine pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction

Vet Clin North Am Equine Pract. 2011 Apr;27(1):93-113. doi: 10.1016/j.cveq.2010.12.007.

Abstract

Equine pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID), also known as equine Cushing's syndrome, is a widely recognized disease of aged horses. Over the past two decades, the aged horse population has expanded significantly and in addition, client awareness of PPID has increased. As a result, there has been an increase in both diagnostic testing and treatment of the disease. This review focuses on the pathophysiology and clinical syndrome, as well as advances in diagnostic testing and treatment of PPID, with an emphasis on those findings that are new since the excellent comprehensive review by Schott in 2002.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aging
  • Animals
  • Diet / veterinary
  • Dopamine Agonists / therapeutic use*
  • Female
  • Horse Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Horse Diseases / therapy*
  • Horses
  • Male
  • Pergolide / therapeutic use*
  • Pituitary Diseases / diagnosis
  • Pituitary Diseases / therapy
  • Pituitary Diseases / veterinary*
  • Pituitary Gland, Intermediate / anatomy & histology
  • Pituitary Gland, Intermediate / physiopathology

Substances

  • Dopamine Agonists
  • Pergolide