Histologic features of the carotid artery trifurcation in Thoroughbreds

Takashi Nakamura From the Department of Veterinary Pathology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Saiwai-cho, Fuchu, Tokyo 183 Japan (Nakamura, Kiryu, Machida, Iwata) and Equine Research Institute, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 154 Japan (Oikawa, Kaneko).

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Keiji Kiryu From the Department of Veterinary Pathology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Saiwai-cho, Fuchu, Tokyo 183 Japan (Nakamura, Kiryu, Machida, Iwata) and Equine Research Institute, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 154 Japan (Oikawa, Kaneko).

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Noboru Machida From the Department of Veterinary Pathology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Saiwai-cho, Fuchu, Tokyo 183 Japan (Nakamura, Kiryu, Machida, Iwata) and Equine Research Institute, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 154 Japan (Oikawa, Kaneko).

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Tsuyoshi Iwata From the Department of Veterinary Pathology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Saiwai-cho, Fuchu, Tokyo 183 Japan (Nakamura, Kiryu, Machida, Iwata) and Equine Research Institute, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 154 Japan (Oikawa, Kaneko).

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Masa-aki Oikawa From the Department of Veterinary Pathology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Saiwai-cho, Fuchu, Tokyo 183 Japan (Nakamura, Kiryu, Machida, Iwata) and Equine Research Institute, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 154 Japan (Oikawa, Kaneko).

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Mikihiro Kaneko From the Department of Veterinary Pathology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Saiwai-cho, Fuchu, Tokyo 183 Japan (Nakamura, Kiryu, Machida, Iwata) and Equine Research Institute, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 154 Japan (Oikawa, Kaneko).

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.2460/ajvr.1992.53.3.288
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Volume 53: Issue 3
Received:
22 Jul 1991
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01 Mar 1992
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Summary

The common, external, and internal carotid and occipital arteries were examined histologically at the trifurcation of the common carotid arteries in 13 Thoroughbred foals (0 to 30 days old) and 64 Thoroughbred adults (2 to 4 years old). Calcification in the media of the common carotid and external carotid arteries was observed in 3 of the 13 foals and in 30 of the 64 adult horses. Calcification resembled that seen in Mönckeberg's arteriosclerosis in human beings, the cause of which is unknown.

Summary

The common, external, and internal carotid and occipital arteries were examined histologically at the trifurcation of the common carotid arteries in 13 Thoroughbred foals (0 to 30 days old) and 64 Thoroughbred adults (2 to 4 years old). Calcification in the media of the common carotid and external carotid arteries was observed in 3 of the 13 foals and in 30 of the 64 adult horses. Calcification resembled that seen in Mönckeberg's arteriosclerosis in human beings, the cause of which is unknown.

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