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Histopathological changes in the coeliaco-mesenteric ganglia of horses with 'mal seco', a grass sickness-like syndrome, in Argentina.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  1285752     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
'Mal seco' is a grass sickness-like syndrome of horses in Argentina. A histopathological study was made of the coeliaco-mesenteric ganglia of four horses with 'mal seco' and of four horses that died from other causes. The severity and extent of the lesions found in the horses with 'mal seco' was greatest in the two with the shortest clinical course. Degenerative changes consisted mainly in the loss of Nissl substance, cytoplasmic vacuoles, neuronophagia, intercellular and intracytoplasmic eosinophilic bodies, and pyknotic and eccentric nuclei. The coeliaco-mesenteric ganglia of the control horses had no histological lesions. The histological lesions in the horses with 'mal seco' were very similar to those described in the coeliaco-mesenteric ganglia of horses with grass sickness in Europe and it is suggested that 'mal seco' and grass sickness may be the same disease.
Authors:
F A Uzal; C A Robles; F V Olaechea
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Veterinary record     Volume:  130     ISSN:  0042-4900     ISO Abbreviation:  Vet. Rec.     Publication Date:  1992 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1992-09-29     Completed Date:  1992-09-29     Revised Date:  2003-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0031164     Medline TA:  Vet Rec     Country:  ENGLAND    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  244-6     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Animal Health Unit, National Institute of Agricultural Technology, Bariloche, Argentina.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Argentina
Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / pathology,  veterinary*
Female
Ganglia, Sympathetic / pathology*
Horse Diseases / pathology*
Horses
Male
Nerve Degeneration
Neurons / pathology
Syndrome
Vacuoles
Comments/Corrections
Comment In:
Vet Rec. 1992 Aug 22;131(8):180   [PMID:  1413437 ]

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