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GENERALISED GLYCOGENOSIS IN BRAHMAN CATTLE
Author(s) -
O'Sullivan B. M.,
Healy P. J.,
Fraser I. R.,
Nieper R. E.,
Whittle R. J.,
Sewell C. A.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
australian veterinary journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1751-0813
pISSN - 0005-0423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1981.tb02666.x
Subject(s) - brahman , pathological , biology , physiology , medicine , zoology , breed
SUMMARY Generalised glycogenosis was diagnosed in Brahman cattle on 4 Queensland properties on the basis of clinical observations and pathological and biochemical findings. The disease presented as a problem of ill‐thrift and poor growth rate in calves which eventually showed nervous signs. Histologically there was vacuolation in the cells of the central nervous system, heart and muscular tissues. Biochemical assay of liver and blood mononuclear cells demonstrated a deficiency of α‐glucosidase. Parents of affected calves had approximately half the α‐glucosidase activity of that found in normal cattle.