LEUCOENCEPHALOMALACIA IN HORSES IN PERNAMBUCO STATE

Authors

  • Antônio Carlos Lopes Câmara Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE), Guaranhus, Pernambuco, Brasil
  • José Augusto Bastos Afonso Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE), Guaranhus, Pernambuco, Brasil
  • Franklin Riet-Correa Universidade Federal de Campina Grande (CSTR), Patos, Paraíba, Brasil
  • Carla Lopes de Mendonça Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE), Guaranhus, Pernambuco, Brasil
  • Antônio Flávio M. Dantas Universidade Federal de Campina Grande (CSTR), Patos, Paraíba, Brasil
  • Nivaldo de Azevêdo Costa Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE), Guaranhus, Pernambuco, Brasil
  • Alexandre Cruz Dantas Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE), Guaranhus, Pernambuco, Brasil
  • Henrique Araújo Costa Neto Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE), Guaranhus, Pernambuco, Brasil
  • Anne Grace Silva Siqueira Campos Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE), Guaranhus, Pernambuco, Brasil
  • Maria Isabel de Souza Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE), Guaranhus, Pernambuco, Brasil

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, Antônio Carlos Lopes et al. LEUCOENCEPHALOMALACIA IN HORSES IN PERNAMBUCO STATE. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 9, n. 2, p. 470–479, 2008. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/1222. Acesso em: 6 dec. 2025.

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 2 (2008)

Section

Veterinary Medicine

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