LEUCOENCEPHALOMALACIA IN HORSES IN PERNAMBUCO STATE

Authors

  • Antônio Carlos Lopes Câmara Clínica de Bovinos – Campus Garanhuns – Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco. Avenida Bom Pastor s/n. Caixa Postal 152, Mundaú, Garanhuns, Pernambuco.
  • José Augusto Bastos Afonso Clínica de Bovinos - Campus Garanhuns - UFRPE
  • Franklin Riet-Correa Centro de Saúde e Tecnologia Rural, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Campus de Patos
  • Carla Lopes de Mendonça Clínica de Bovinos - Campus Garanhuns - UFRPE
  • Antônio Flávio M. Dantas Centro de Saúde e Tecnologia Rural, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Campus de Patos
  • Nivaldo de Azevêdo Costa Clínica de Bovinos - Campus Garanhuns - UFRPE
  • Alexandre Cruz Dantas Clínica de Bovinos - Campus Garanhuns - UFRPE
  • Henrique Araújo Costa Neto Clínica de Bovinos - Campus Garanhuns - UFRPE
  • Anne Grace Silva Siqueira Campos Clínica de Bovinos - Campus Garanhuns - UFRPE
  • Maria Isabel de Souza Clínica de Bovinos - Campus Garanhuns - UFRPE

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v9i2.1222

Keywords:

Leucoencefalomalacia, eqüinos, muares, semi-árido, fumonisinas.

Abstract

Five cases of leucoencephalomalacia (LEME) in horses and one in mule are reported in the State of Pernambuco, Northeastern Brazil. All animals were fed with corn or byproducts. The disease occurred in different months of the year, in the dry or raining seasons. The animals had nervous signs and the clinical manifestation period was of 24 hours to 13 days. Gross and histologic lesions of the nervous system were malacia of the centrum semi-ovale and corona radiata in all animals, brain stem in 3, and internal capsule in one. Degenerative lesions of the liver were observed in one of a total of 4 cases in which this organ was examined histologically. This animal also had increased levels of serum AST and GGT. LEME seems to be an important disease in equidae in the Brazilian semiarid. Preventive measures include correct grain storage after proper drying and also to avoid the use of corn and byproducts as the only food for horses.

 

KEY WORDS: Leucoencephalomalacia, horses, mules, semiarid, fumonisins.

 

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Published

2008-07-09

How to Cite

CÂMARA, A. C. L.; AFONSO, J. A. B.; RIET-CORREA, F.; MENDONÇA, C. L. de; DANTAS, A. F. M.; COSTA, N. de A.; DANTAS, A. C.; NETO, H. A. C.; CAMPOS, A. G. S. S.; SOUZA, M. I. de. LEUCOENCEPHALOMALACIA IN HORSES IN PERNAMBUCO STATE. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 9, n. 2, p. 470–479, 2008. DOI: 10.5216/cab.v9i2.1222. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/1222. Acesso em: 25 nov. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 2 (2008)

Section

Veterinary Medicine

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