Ultrasonic alterations in the spinal cord of Brown Swiss cattle affected with bovine progressive degenerative myeloencephalopathy (weaver)

Authors

  • M. El-Hamidi Départment d'Histologie et Anatomie Pathologique, Institut Agronomique et Veterinaire Hassan II, Rabat-Instituts, Morocco
  • H. W. Leipoid Department of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol0no25p131-134

Keywords:

cattle diseases, Cell ultrastructure, Diagnosis, Electron microscopy, Histology, Nervous system diseases, Spinal cord, Symptoms, Ultrasonic diagnosis

Abstract

Histologic and ultrastructural features of bovine progressive degenerative myeloencephalopathy (BPDME) in Brown Swiss cattle are described. There was evidence of axonal degeneration with predominance of simultaneous degradation of both axon and myelin. Phagocytic cells were present in areas of degeneration and were active in removing axonal debris. These lesions are not specific to the BPDME and can be classified as Wallerian degeneration.

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Published

1990-09-01

How to Cite

El-Hamidi, M., & Leipoid, H. W. (1990). Ultrasonic alterations in the spinal cord of Brown Swiss cattle affected with bovine progressive degenerative myeloencephalopathy (weaver). The Bovine Practitioner, (25), 131–134. https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol0no25p131-134

Issue

No. 25 (1990 September)

Section

Articles