Open AccessMyelopathy in Holstein X Gir Calves in Brazil
Author(s) -
Borges Alexandre Secorun,
Mendes Luiz Claudio Nogueira,
Luvizotto Maria Cecília Rui,
Summers Brian,
Lahunta Alexander
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of veterinary internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.356
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1939-1676
pISSN - 0891-6640
DOI - 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2003.tb02510.x
Subject(s) - medicine , myelopathy , crossbreed , spinal cord , spinal cord diseases , white matter , anatomy , zoology , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology , psychiatry , biology
This case report contains clinical and pathologic features of a degenerative myelopathy in Holstein X Gir crossbred calves in Brazil. The bilateral and symmetrical spinal cord white matter lesions were interpreted as a primary axonopathy that may be of the dying‐back type.