Mieloencefalitis protozoaria equina de evolución clínica aguda: Reporte de un caso

Abstract

A case of Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis caused by Sarcocystis neurona, was treated at the Veterinary Hospital of the Federal University of Lavras-MG. Among the neurological disorders in horses EPM is one of the most frequent and major economic losses in equideocultura. The animal in question showed symptoms acutely, with decubitus, reduction of superficial and deep skin sensitivity, loss of tail tone, facial nerve injury and urinary incontinence. The diagnosis was based on clinical symptoms, necropsy and the protozoan associated to the microscopic lesions. The treatment used was diclazuril corticoideterapia and treatment support.

Sarcocystis neurona, seroprevalence of antibodies in equines and research of oocystis in opossum in Ilhéus - Itabuna microregion, Bahia, Brazil

“…Equine protozoan myeloencephalitis (EPM) had its first case reported in Brazil in Rio Grande do Sul, by Barros et al (1986) in a 10-years-old horse. Clinical case reports or studies investigating EPM have been reported in several Brazilian states (Masri et al, 1992;Lins et al, 2008;Faria et al, 2017). Henker et al (2020) concludes that EPM due to S. neurona infection represents an important neurologic disease of horses in Brazil and this disease should be considered as a main differential diagnosis in horses presenting neurologic signs.…”

Mieloencefalitis protozoaria equina en un equino en Colombia: reporte de caso

“…Los equinos pueden ser afectados por enfermedades neurológicas infecciosas no contagiosas, entre la que se destaca la Mieloencefalitis Protozoaria Equina (sigla en inglés EPM = equine protozoal myeloencephalitis), llegando a producir disfunción neurológica encefálica y de médula espinal (Faria et al, 2017). La enfermedad es causada por los protozoarios Sarcocystis neurona, Neospora caninum y Neospora huguesi, siendo el Sarcocystis el patógeno de mayor diagnóstico en América (Teixeira et al, 2019).…”