Synovial chemokine and cytokine profiles in horses with and without systemic Borrelia burgdorferi infection.

Kyle F Clark¹, Rachel A Lemcke², Janik C Gasiorowski¹, Bettina Wagner³

¹Mid-Atlantic Equine Medical Center, Ringoes, New Jersey, USA.

²Amwell Data Services LLC, Ringoes, New Jersey, USA.

³Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Lyme arthritis, a well-documented subtype of arthritis in humans and dogs, is caused by Borrelia burgdorferi and spread primarily through ticks (Ixodes spp.). While Lyme disease in horses is known to cause a variety of clinical signs, its involvement in the development of equine arthritis is controversial. As climate change enables tick populations to expand, more horses could be expos…

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