Protozoan encephalomyelitis causing pelvic limb paresis in a yearling sheep
作者:
P.R. Scott,
N.J. Watt,
M.P. Woodman,
B. McGorum,
A. McDiarmid,
期刊:
New Zealand Veterinary Journal
(Taylor Available online 1993)
卷期:
Volume 41,
issue 3
页码: 139-141
ISSN:0048-0169
年代: 1993
DOI:10.1080/00480169.1993.35753
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
A pelvic limb paresis of 6 weeks duration in a yearling sheep resulted from protozoan encephalomyelitis involving the spinal cord at the thoracolumbar junction. An elevated lumbosacral cerebrospinal fluid protein concentration but normal cisternal cerebrospinal fluid protein concentration indicated the presence of a thoracolumbar inflammatory lesion resulting in cord compression which obstructed the rostral flow of the cerebrospinal fluid. Under general anaesthesia, myelography at the lumbo-sacral site demonstrated blockage to the rostral flow of contrast medium at T13L1. At necropsy, there were no gross pathological changes at T13/L1, but histopathology revealed non-tract specific lymphocytic perivascular cuffing, axonal swelling and oedema in the spinal cord, characteristic of a protozoa1 encephalomyelitis. No parasites were detected in the multiple spinal cord sections examined but immunocytochemistry identified antigens cross-reactive withSarcocystisspp. antigens in glial cells in these lesions.
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