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==Signalment==  
 
==Signalment==  
 
Grass sickness has been reported in Northwestern Europe and South America with the highest incidence in the UK, in some parts of Eastern Scotland 1% of horses die annualy from the disease.  
 
Grass sickness has been reported in Northwestern Europe and South America with the highest incidence in the UK, in some parts of Eastern Scotland 1% of horses die annualy from the disease.  
The disease usually occurs in spring or summer in horses at pasture or
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The disease usually occurs in spring or summer in horses at pasture, those that have moved pasture recently are also at greater risk.  
* Usually affects young adults.
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Young animals 2-7 years old are predisposed.
** 6-7 years old.
      
==Diagnosis==
 
==Diagnosis==
 
===Clinical signs===
 
===Clinical signs===
 
*Depression
 
*Depression
*Abdominal pain
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*Abdominal pain, episodes of colic
 
*Abdominal distension
 
*Abdominal distension
 
*Dysphagia
 
*Dysphagia
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