2017
DOI: 10.1590/s0100-736x2017000900002
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Degenerative axonopathy associated with copper deficiency in pigs

Abstract: RESUMO.-[Axonopatia degenerativa associada com deficiência de cobre em suínos.] São relatados os achados epidemiológicos, clínicos e morfológicos (patológicos e ultraestruturais) de quatro surtos de deficiência de cobre em suínos afetados entre 21 e 90 dias de idade na região Nordeste do Brasil. Os sinais clínicos iniciaram com paraparesia e ataxia, que progrediu a paralisia flácida ou espástica dos membros pélvicos e torácicos, seguido de decúbito esternal e/ou lateral. Além disso, alguns animais apresentaram… Show more

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“…Chromatolysis and necrosis of neurons in the brain, midbrain, and brainstem were not reported in the pigs. 27,34 MN disease in pigs, which presumably has a hereditary basis, has been described in six 5-week-old Yorkshire and in six 6-week-old Hampshire pigs. 18,23 Yorkshire pigs presented bilateral posterior ataxia and weakness that rapidly progressed to tetraplegia by 10 weeks of age.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Chromatolysis and necrosis of neurons in the brain, midbrain, and brainstem were not reported in the pigs. 27,34 MN disease in pigs, which presumably has a hereditary basis, has been described in six 5-week-old Yorkshire and in six 6-week-old Hampshire pigs. 18,23 Yorkshire pigs presented bilateral posterior ataxia and weakness that rapidly progressed to tetraplegia by 10 weeks of age.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%