NR AKQN
AU Scott,P.R.
TI Analysis of cerebrospinal fluid from field cases of some common ovine neurological diseases
QU British Veterinary Journal 1992 Jan-Feb; 148(1): 15-22
PT journal article
AB Analysis of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples from normal sheep and from cases of some common neurological diseases revealed a significant increase (P less than 0.05) in the group mean CSF protein concentration for meningitis, listeriosis and spinal abscess but not for scrapie, spinal injury, ovine pregnancy toxaemia or polioencephalomalacia. The CSF white blood cell count (WBC) was significantly increased (P less than 0.05) in the meningitis group and in those cases of listeriosis which failed to respond to antibiotic therapy. All cases of bacterial infection of the central nervous system (CNS) could be identified by the combined interpretation of the protein concentration and the differential WBC count. It is concluded that CSF analysis is useful clinically in differentiating traumatic from infective spinal lesions and toxic or metabolic lesions from bacterial meningitis in sheep.
MH Animal; Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteins/analysis; Leukocyte Count/veterinary; Nervous System Diseases/cerebrospinal fluid/*veterinary; Sheep; Sheep Diseases/*cerebrospinal fluid; Specific Gravity; Spinal Puncture/veterinary
AD Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Roslin, Midlothian.
SP englisch
PO England