University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine
Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Motility
Disorders of Esophagus (Megaesophagus)
•Often secondary to choke or esophagitis
•Extraesophageal tumors or abscesses
causing obstruction
•Pleuropneumonia
•Neurological diseases
–EPM, Equine Herpesvirus,
Botulism, Idiopathic vagal neuropathy