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Are ovine fenugreek ( Trigonella foenum‐graecum ) staggers and kangaroo gait of lactating ewes two clinically and pathologically similar nervous disorders?
Author(s) -
Bourke CA
Publication year - 2009
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.1751-0813.2009.00393.x
Subject(s) - trigonella , gait , medicine , hindlimb , spinal cord , biology , physiology , anatomy , traditional medicine , psychiatry
Fenugreek staggers has occurred in sheep in Victoria, as both an acute and a chronic syndrome. Signs included quadraparesis, a high stepping fore limb gait and a ‘bunny‐hopping’ hind limb gait. Changes consistent with acute oedema were found in the brain and spinal cord of acute cases, and Wallerian degeneration in the peripheral nerves of chronic cases. Kangaroo gait occurred in ewes in New South Wales, and the clinical signs and microscopic changes were remarkably similar to those of fenugreek staggers. Although the diet associated with each is different the causal agent may be the same.