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Biblioteca(s): | INIA La Estanzuela.
Fecha corriente: | 09/08/2016
Fecha de la última actualización: | 28/09/2018
Autoria: | NASCIMENTO, E.M.; CAMPOS, É.M.; MAIA, L.Â.; MEDEIROS, R.M.T.; ALCÂNTARA, M.D.B.; VILAR, S.D.; RIET-CORREA, F.
Afiliación: | FRANKLIN RIET-CORREA AMARAL, INIA (Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria), Uruguay.//Hospital Veterinário, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande (UFCG), Av. Universitária, s/n, 58.708-110, Patos, PB, Brasil.
Título: | Megaesophagus in sheep and goats. [Megaesôfago em ovinos e caprinos].
Año de publicación: | 2016
Fuente/Imprenta: | Ciencia Rural, v. 46 ,n.8,p. 1450-1455. 2016.
ISSN: | 1678-4596
DOI: | 10.1590/0103-8478cr20151414
Idioma: | Inglés
Notas: | Article history: Received 10.10.15 //Approved 02.08.16// Returned by the author 03.28.16.

Contenido:

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.

Palabras-Clave: | MEGAESÓFAGO; MEGAESOPHAGUS; MUSCLE NECROSIS; NECROSIS MUSCULAR; REGURGITATION; RUMINANTS; SALUD ANIMAL.
Thesagro: | RUMIANTES.
Categoría del tema: | L73 Enfermedades de los animales
URL: | http://www.ainfo.inia.uy/digital/bitstream/item/6757/1/Ciencia-Rural-Santa-Maria-v.46-n.8-p.1450-1455-ago-2016.pdf
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