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Provedor de dados: 	Ciência Rural	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	Megaesophagus in sheep and goats	
Autores: 	Nascimento,Eduardo Melo; Campos,Édipo Moreira; Maia,Lisanka Ângelo; Medeiros,Rosane Maria Trindade; Alcântara,Maria Dalva Bezerra de; Vilar,Sara Dantas; Riet-Correa,Franklin.	
Data: 	2016-08-01	
Ano: 	2016	
Palavras-chave: 	Megaesophagus; Regurgitation; Muscle necrosis; Ruminants.	
Resumo: 	ABSTRACT: Megaesophagus is a rare disease in ruminants characterized by regurgitation of rumen contents. In this paper it was described cases of megaesophagus in two sheep and two goats on a farm in the state of Paraíba, Northeastern Brazil. All animals showed regurgitation of rumen contents and weight loss, with a clinical course of several months. At necropsy all animals presented megaesophagus. Histological examination showed segmental muscle necrosis in the esophagus and skeletal muscles. Serum samples from one sheep and one goat were negative for the presence of blue tongue antibodies by ELISA, and whole blood and muscle samples from one goat were negative for this virus by RT PCR. Epidemiological data and pathology suggested that the disease could have been caused by some toxic plant, but known plants causing segmental muscle necrosis were not observed in the areas where the disease occurred.	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/article	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782016000801450	
Editor: 	Universidade Federal de Santa Maria	
Relação: 	10.1590/0103-8478cr20151414	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Ciência Rural  v.46 n.8 2016	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess