LEUCOENCEPHALOMALACIA IN HORSES IN PERNAMBUCO STATE

• Autor(a) principal: Câmara, Antônio Carlos Lopes
• Data de Publicação: 2008
• Outros Autores: Afonso, José Augusto Bastos, Riet-Correa, Franklin, Mendonça, Carla Lopes de, Dantas, Antônio Flávio M., Costa, Nivaldo de Azevêdo, Dantas, Alexandre Cruz, Neto, Henrique Araújo Costa, Campos, Anne Grace Silva Siqueira, Souza, Maria Isabel de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Ciência animal brasileira (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/1222
• topic: Leucoencefalomalacia; eqüinos; muares; semi-árido; fumonisinas.

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.