Evidence of cerebellar abiotrophy (CA) was found in a six-month-old Arabian filly with signs of incoordination, head tremor, wobbling, loss of balance and falling over, consistent with a cerebellar lesion. Normal hematology profile blood test and cerebrospinal fluid analysis excluded infectious encephalitis, and serological testing for Sarcocystis neurona was negative. The filly was euthanized. Postmortem X-ray radiography of the cervical cephalic region identified not abnormalities, discounting spinal trauma. The histopathological analysis of serial transverse cerebellar sections by electron microscopy revealed morphological characteristics of apoptotic cells with pyknotic nuclei and degenerate mitochondria, cytoplasmic condensation and areas with absence of Purkinje cells, matching with CA histopathological characteristics. The indirect DNA test for CA was positive in the filly, and DNA test confirmed the CA carrier state in the parents and the recessive inheritance of the disease. To our knowledge this is the first report of a CA case in Argentina.
El erizo pigmeo africano (Atelerix albiventris) se ha convertido en una mascota exótica. Es por ello que sehan realizado diversos estudios sobre aspectos de salud y enfermedad de esta especie. El objetivo deltrabajo fue presentar un caso de un pólipo y leiomioma uterinos en un erizo pigmeo africano. En 2016,una hembra de 2 años se presentó a la consulta con hematuria. La radiografía y ecografía abdominalesrevelaron una masa intrauterina. Se realizó ovariohisterectomía y se constató la presencia de dos masasde tejido. Mediante estudios histopatológico e histoquímico se formuló un diagnóstico de pólipo yleiomioma uterinos. La paciente se recuperó totalmente. Doce meses postintervención la mismaconcurrió a consulta para realizar un control anual en el cual se no se evidenciaron signos clínicos de laenfermedad.
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