title: Myelopathy in Holstein x Gir calves in Brazil.
abstract: This case report contains clinical and pathologic features of a degenerative myelopathy in Holstein X Gir crossbred calves in Brazil. The bilateral and symmetrical spinal cord white matter lesions were interpreted as a primary axonopathy that may be of the dying-back type.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual Paulista, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Departamento de Clínica Veterinária, Botucatu, SP, Brazil. asborges@fmvz.unesp.br
authors.forename: Alexandre Secorun
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Borges
authors.forename: Luiz Claudio Nogueira
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Mendes
authors.forename: Maria Cecília Rui
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Luvizotto
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Summers
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Lahunta
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001938:Brazil; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006824:Hybridization, Genetic; D008297:Male; D019636:Neurodegenerative Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*