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Seven Kuvasz puppies from 2 same-parentage litters developed weakness and ataxia. Six necropsied dogs had lesions in caudate nucleus, cerebellar nuclei and folia, and spinal cord. Lesions seen were felt to be familial or due to the effects of an amprolium-induced thiamine deficiency on the developing brains of these puppies.
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Amprólio/toxicidade , Antiprotozoários/toxicidade , Doenças do Sistema Nervoso Central/veterinária , Doenças do Cão/diagnóstico , Deficiência de Tiamina/veterinária , Animais , Animais Recém-Nascidos , Ataxia/etiologia , Ataxia/veterinária , Encéfalo/patologia , Doenças do Sistema Nervoso Central/complicações , Doenças do Sistema Nervoso Central/diagnóstico , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Doenças do Cão/sangue , Doenças do Cão/induzido quimicamente , Doenças do Cão/patologia , Cães , Feminino , Masculino , Medula Espinal/patologia , Deficiência de Tiamina/complicações , Deficiência de Tiamina/diagnósticoRESUMO
West Nile virus encephalomyelitis was diagnosed in 28 horses presented to the Ontario Veterinary College Veterinary Teaching Hospital between August 20 and October 15, 2002. The age range of affected horses was 5 months to 20 years (mean 6.9 years, median 6 years). Clinical signs were highly variable. Duration of hospitalization ranged from < 1 to 12 days (mean 5 days, median 5.4 days). Overall, 16 of the 28 (57%) horses were discharged and, of the 14 from which follow-up information was available, 13 (93%) were reported to be clinically normal 4 to 6 weeks following discharge, while the other horse had markedly improved. This pathogen is emerging as an important cause of neurological disease in Canada.
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Surtos de Doenças/veterinária , Encefalomielite/veterinária , Doenças dos Cavalos/diagnóstico , Febre do Nilo Ocidental/veterinária , Animais , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Encefalomielite/diagnóstico , Encefalomielite/epidemiologia , Feminino , Doenças dos Cavalos/epidemiologia , Doenças dos Cavalos/virologia , Cavalos , Masculino , Ontário/epidemiologia , Febre do Nilo Ocidental/diagnóstico , Febre do Nilo Ocidental/epidemiologia , Vírus do Nilo Ocidental/patogenicidadeRESUMO
A 21-month-old, castrated male Vizsla was presented for pelvic limb weakness, difficulty opening his mouth, ptyalism, voice change, and urinary incontinence. Myasthenia gravis and masticatory myositis were diagnosed. The unusual clinical findings, diagnosis, treatment, and case outcome are described, followed by a brief discussion of myasthenia gravis and masticatory myositis.
