Equine grass sickness in Cyprus: a case report

Abstract

Grass sickness (EGS) is a fatal disease of the family Equidae, which was first reported in 1909, in Scotland. Since then, the disease has been reported in many places around the world; however, it mostly occurs in Great Britain. This case report describes EGS in a 2-year-old colt thoroughbred racehorse in Cyprus. To the author’s knowledge, this is the fi rst histopathologically confi rmed case of EGS in southern Europe.