title: Ventral meningomyelocele in a German warmblood foal.
abstract: A ventral meningomyelocele was found in a five week old, male German warmblood foal which exhibited central nervous symptoms. This rare malformation in horses may be caused by absent or defective fusion of vertebral bodies leading to herniation of the spinal cord and meninges with subsequent degenerative alterations of the spinal cord.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Pathologie der Tierärztlichen Hochschule Hannover.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jacobsen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Venner
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gerdwilker
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wohlsein
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006547:Hernia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006736:Horses; D007150:Immunohistochemistry / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*