1.
Aust Vet J
; 64(9): 278-80, 1987 Sep.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-3480704
Subject(s)
Cattle Diseases/prevention & control , Crosses, Genetic , Glycogen Storage Disease Type II/veterinary , Glycogen Storage Disease/veterinary , Heterozygote , Animals , Cattle , Cattle Diseases/genetics , Female , Glycogen Storage Disease Type II/genetics , Glycogen Storage Disease Type II/prevention & control , Male
2.
Aust Vet J
; 57(5): 227-9, 1981 May.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-6945845
ABSTRACT
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 alpha-glucosidase. Parents of affected calves had approximately half the alpha-glucosidase activity of that found in normal cattle.