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Provedor de dados: | 19
País: | Japan
Título: | Four cases of equine motor neuron disease in Japan
Autores: | SASAKI, Naoki; IMAMURA, Yui; SEKIYA, Akio; ITOH, Megumi; FURUOKA, Hidefumi.
Data: | 2016
Ano: | 2016
Resumo: | In this study, fasciculation of the limbs and tongue was observed in four horses kept by a riding club. Neurogenic muscle atrophy was also observed in biopsy of pathological tissues. In addition, in two cases that subjected to autopsy, Bunina-like bodies of inclusion in the cell bodies of neurons in the spinal cord ventral horn were confirmed, leading to a diagnosis of equine motor neuron disease (EMND). Serum vitamin E concentrations varied between 0.3 and 0.4µg/ml, which is significantly lower than the levels in normal horses. Although lack of vitamin E is speculated to be a contributory factor for development of EMND, no significant improvement was observed following administration of vitamin E.
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/4376
Editor: | Japanese Society of Equine Science
Fonte: | This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd) License &lt;http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/&gt;.