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Analysis of cerebrospinal fluid in healthy rabbits and rabbits with clinically suspected encephalitozoonosis
Author(s) -
Jass A.,
Matiasek K.,
Henke J.,
Küchenhoff H.,
Hartmann K.,
Fischer A.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.162.19.618
Subject(s) - cerebrospinal fluid , cisterna magna , pleocytosis , medicine , csf pleocytosis , pathology , paresis , surgery
Samples of uncontaminated cerebrospinal fluid ( csf ) were collected from the cisterna magna of 20 healthy laboratory rabbits and 21 pet rabbits with vestibular disease and/or paresis due to clinically suspected encephalitozoonosis. In the healthy rabbits' csf the leucocyte count was ≤4 leucocytes/μl (median 1·5 μl) and the concentration of protein ranged from 0·13 to 0·31 g/l (median 0·24 g/l). In the diseased rabbits, the number of leucocytes ranged from 1 to 87/μl (median 15/μl; P<0·001), and the concentration of protein ranged from 0·31 to 1·54 g/l (median 0·79 g/l; P<0·001); a cytological evaluation showed that they had greater numbers of lymphocytes and monocytes. It was concluded that encephalitozoonosis in rabbits is characterised by lymphomonocytic pleocytosis in csf .