ALL TIED UP
MEET THE EXPERT
VICTORIA LINDSAY is a PhD student at the Royal Veterinary College. She is investigating the genomic architecture of equine exertional rhabdomyolysis, overseen by Dr Androniki Psifidi Professor Richard Piercy and Dr Emily Clark. Victoria graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2012 and studied for a masters at Robert Gordon University.
TYING-UP IS A muscle disease of horses, known by vets as exertional rhabdomyolysis. It is also called azoturia, setfast or Monday-morning disease. Tying-up is often characterised by repeated ‘episodes’ of muscle damage and usually happens during or shortly after exercise. Affected horses become stiff and painful, often sweat profusely and might be totally unwilling to move. The worst cases become recumbent or might even die.
Tying-up is described commonly in racing Thoroughbreds and has been best studied in this breed; this is likely to
