Publikationsdatenbank

Progressive ataxia in a captive North American river otter (Lontra canadensis) associated with brain stem spheroid formation (2007)

Art

Zeitschriftenartikel / wissenschaftlicher Beitrag

Autoren

Schettler, Elvira

Müller, Kerstin

Fritsch, Guido

Kaiser, Stefan

Brunnberg, Leo

Frölich, Kai

Wibbelt, Gudrun

Quelle

Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine : official publ. of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians

Bandzählung: 38

Heftzählung: 4

Seiten: 579 – 582

ISSN: 1042-7260

Sprache

Englisch

Verweise

Pubmed: 18229864

Kontakt

Klein- und Heimtierklinik

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14163 Berlin
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kleintierklinik@vetmed.fu-berlin.de

Abstract / Zusammenfassung

Progressive ataxia, particularly of the hind limbs, developed in a paretic female juvenile captive North American river otter (Lontra canadensis). Severe bilaterally symmetrical axonal degeneration in the medulla oblongata (nucleus gracilis and nucleus cuneatus) and multiple scattered spheroids in the region of the pons were detected microscopically. This is the first description of ataxia associated with axonal degeneration in otters.