Equine pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction.

Department of Physiological Sciences, 264 McElroy Hall, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA. diannem@okstate.edu

The Veterinary clinics of North America. Equine practice 2011 Apr

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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. Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.