Flaccid trunk paralysis in free-ranging elephants (Loxodonta africana) in Zimbabwe.
An epizootic of flaccid trunk paralysis began in free-ranging Zimbabwean elephants (Loxodonta africana) on the southern shore of Lake Kariba in 1989. It involved a selective neuropathy of peripheral nerves supplying the trunk, with axon and myelin degeneration, muscle atrophy, compensatory hypertrophy, and fine endomyseal fibrosis, without inflammatory changes.
Kock
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Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Zimbabwe, Harare.
Goedegebuure
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Lane
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Lucke
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Tyrrell
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Kock
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D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D004606:Elephants; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009123:Muscle Hypotonia; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000294:innervation / Q000473:pathology; D009133:Muscular Atrophy / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary; D009666:Nose / Q000294:innervation*; D010243:Paralysis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000473:pathology; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D015030:Zimbabwe / Q000453:epidemiology