title: Electromyographic studies in calves with spastic paresis.
abstract: As part of the investigation into the cause of spastic paresis in cattle, electromyographic studies were done in a number of calves with spastic paresis of one limb and in a number of normal calves. The calves with spastic paresis were also studied at various intervals after total neurectomy of the tibial nerve or tenotomy of the Achilles tendon structure. A marked increase in activity was perceptible in a number of muscles but characteristic changes in the EMG were not observed.
mesh_terms: D000125:Achilles Tendon / Q000601:surgery; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004576:Electromyography; D009128:Muscle Spasticity / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D009132:Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology; D013979:Tibial Nerve / Q000601:surgery