Subclinical lumbar polyradiculopathy in multiple aged mammalian species.
Lumbar polyradiculopathy, characterized by ballooning myelin sheaths was diagnosed in multiple aged mammalian species including two horses, a cow, a squirrel, a woodchuck, a rabbit, a guinea pig, a hamster, and a mouse. The lesion was subclinical, and considered an incidental, age-related finding.
Anderson
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WI
Department of Pathology, New York State College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca 14853.
King
J M
JM
D000375:Aging / Q000473:pathology*; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D006224:Cricetinae; D005260:Female; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D006736:Horses; D008297:Male; D008392:Marmota; D008647:Mesocricetus; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D011817:Rabbits; D012589:Sciuridae; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000473:pathology*