Fibrocartilaginous embolic myelopathy in a calf

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Landolfi, JA [1 ]
Saunders, GK [1 ]
Swecker, WS [1 ]
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[1] Virginia Tech, Virginia Maryland Reg Coll Vet Med, Blacksburg, VA 24061 USA
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10.1177/104063870401600421
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S85 [动物医学(兽医学)];
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0906 ;
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A 5-month-old Angus heifer with a history of acute hindlimb paresis that quickly progressed to lateral recumbency was necropsied. Gross lesions included a 6-cm segment of gray to brown discoloration and softening of the right ventrolateral spinal cord between T2 and T3. Microscopically, there was liquefactive necrosis of ventrolateral white and gray matter, and multiple intravascular emboli partially or completely occluded many intralesional and adjacent spinal and meningeal arteries and veins. Emboli were alcian blue positive, consistent with fibrocartilage of the nucleus pulposus of the intervertebral disk. No gross abnormalities were detected in the vertebrae or intervertebral disks. Fibrocartilaginous embolic myelopathy appears to be very rare in cattle; however, it should be considered in cases of acute, nonprogressive spinal cord dysfunction.
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