title: Periventricular leukomalacia in a neonatal calf.
abstract: A 10-day-old, Japanese Black, female calf had shown astasia since just after birth. Focal symmetrical periventricular malacic lesions of the cerebrum and suppurative arthritis of the left hip joint were observed in macroscopic examination. Histologically, the cerebral lesions were confirmed as periventricular leukomalacia (PVL). The location and histological features of the lesions were similar to PVL in humans, caused by neonatal ischemia/hypovolemia. This is the first report of PVL in a neonatal calf.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Department of Basic Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Nishi 2-11, Inada-cho, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan.
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koyama
authors.forename: Riku
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maezawa
authors.forename: Natsuko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fukumoto
authors.forename: Noriyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Horiuchi
authors.forename: Hisashi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Inokuma
authors.forename: Yoshiyasu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D007969:Leukomalacia, Periventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*