title: Computed tomographic images of discospondylitis in a calf.
abstract: A 2-month-old male Japanese Black calf was presented with a 30-day history of progressive ataxia. Antemortem examination using computed tomography (CT) revealed narrowing of the disc spaces due to destruction of intervertebral structures between the first and second thoracic vertebrae and between the second and third thoracic vertebrae. Osteolysis was evident as irregular hypoattenuating lesions within the opposing end plates of the first, second and third thoracic vertebrae. Pseudomonas aeruginosa was detected as the causative bacteria, and discospondylitis was diagnosed. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first bovine case report describing the application of CT for the diagnosis of discospondylitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, Tottori University, 4-101 Koyama-Minami, Tottori 680-8553, Japan.
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsuka
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saneshige
authors.forename: Takehito
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sunden
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Murahata
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Azuma
authors.forename: Tomohiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Osaki
authors.forename: Norihito
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Yoshiharu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: Tomohiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Imagawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000662:veterinary*