Review Article
The Story of Equine Atypical Myopathy: A Review from the Beginning to a Possible End
Table 1
European cases communicated to the Atypical Myopathy Alert Group from autumn 2006 up to spring 2012.
| Reported cases | Total 2006–2012 | Autumn 2006 | Spring 2007 | Autumn 2007 | Spring 2008 | Autumn 2008 | Spring 2009 | Autumn 2009 | Spring 2010 | Autumn 2010 | Spring 2011 | Autumn 2011 | Spring 2012 |
| Austria | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | | France | 393 | 29 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 10 | | 127 | 103 | 29 | 7 | 41 | 18 | Germany | 187 | 7 | | 3 | 5 | | | 93 | 19 | 1 | | 57 | 2 | Belgium | 191 | 46 | 7 | 18 | 6 | 6 | | 66 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 16 | | Denmark | 5 | 3 | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | Luxembourg | 3 | 1 | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | Ireland | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | The Netherlands | 59 | 13 | | 3 | | 2 | | 34 | 6 | 1 | | | | United Kingdom | 132 | 1 | | 14 | | | | 39 | 17 | 22 | | 35 | 4 | Switzerland | 50 | | | 9 | | | | 30 | 3 | 1 | | 7 | | Spain | 32 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | 31 | | Czech Republic | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | Unknown | 2 | | | | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | |
| Total | 1060 | 100 | 8 | 58 | 28 | 18 | 0 | 395 | 159 | 70 | 9 | 191 | 24 |
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Comments: September or early winter was also considered autumn; early summer was considered spring. This is of concern for less than 10% of cases.
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