Julia Lankton, Natalie Durrett Crawford, Ondrej Becvar, Tanya
LeRoith
Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine
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Three week old Holstein heifer calf from large dairy
Abdominal distension
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AtaxiaThiamine
DiarrheaSulfamethazin
eFlorfenicolElectrolytes Poor muscle tone
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Good appetite with little weight gainChemistry panel: Low BUNEMG: WNL
Continued/Worsening ataxiaRx corticosteroids – no
improvement Euthanized at 6 weeks
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Bacterial TEME Vertebral
osteomyelitis Viral
Rabies Pseudorabies
Parasitic Nervous coccidiosis Parelaphostrongylus
tenuis
Nutritional Polioencephalomalacia Vitamin A deficiency
Toxic Lead toxicosis Urea toxicosis
Congenital Hydranencephaly Hydrocephalus Porto-systemic Porto-systemic
shunt?shunt? Nah, that’s in small Nah, that’s in small
animalsanimals
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Body weight: 68 kg (150 lbs)Normal: 82 kg (180 lbs)
Minimal fat stores Small liver Cerebral cyst
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Lobules small and irregular Lymphatics and sinusoids dilated Portal regions:
Small portal veins Numerous portal arterioles
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Liver H&E Presented at SEVPAC 2008 –
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White matter vacuolization Pronounced in white matter tracts bordering
grey matter Severity increases caudally
Scattered neuronal necrosis 1.4 mm diameter ependymal lined space
Rostral cerebral white matter
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Brainstem LFB-PAS Presented at SEVPAC 2008 –
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Spinal Cord H&E Presented at SEVPAC 2008 –
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Morphologic : Liver: arteriolar reduplication,
lobular atrophy and lymphatic dilation
Brain: white matter, polymicrocavitation; focal syringoencephalocele
Disease : Portosystemic shunt with hepatic encephalopathyPresented at SEVPAC 2008 –
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Rare in large animals (4 cases in calves) Normal fetal communications patent Portal blood bypasses liver and enters
circulation Decreased portal vein perfusion
Liver lobules atrophy Liver lobules atrophy Portal veins are hypoplastic Portal veins are hypoplastic Hepatic arterioles are hyperplasticHepatic arterioles are hyperplastic
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Toxins from portal blood access CNS Ammonia astrocytes decreased BBB Ammonia, fatty acids, amino acids and
other neurotoxins enter CNS Astrocyte hypertrophy and Astrocyte hypertrophy and degenerationdegeneration Alzheimer type II cellsAlzheimer type II cellsMore prominent in other spp.
Intramyelinic EdemaIntramyelinic Edema Diffuse bilaterally symmetrical Diffuse bilaterally symmetrical polymicrocavitaton, predominantly of polymicrocavitaton, predominantly of white matter and at grey-white white matter and at grey-white borderborder Presented at SEVPAC 2008 –
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Dr. Natalie Durrett Crawford Dr. Tanya LeRoith Dr. Ondrej Becvar Dr. Bernard Jortner VMRCVM histopathology lab
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1.Buczinski, Sebastien, et. al. Portacaval shunt in a calf: Clinical, pathologic, and ultrasonographic findings. Can Vet J 2007; 48: 407-410.
2. Van Den Ingh, et. al. Congenital portosystemic shunts in three pigs and one calf. Vet Pathol 1990; 27: 56-58
3. Reimer JM, et. al. Diagnosis and surgical correction of a patent ductus venosus in a calf. JAVMA 1988; 193: 1539-1541. Presented at SEVPAC 2008 –
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