Cerebellar Disease of Ruminants.
Cerebellar disease can be congenital or acquired. Clinical signs of cerebellar disease include hypermetric gait in all limbs, normal to increased muscle tone, wide-based stance, swaying, intention tremor, and convulsions. Vestibular signs may be observed. Differential diagnoses for etiology include congenital (hypoplasia, abiotrophy, and lysosomal storage diseases), viral, bacterial, and toxic plants. Animals may present aborted as fetuses or stillborn, be affected at birth, develop disease at a few months old, or acquire the disease later in life.
Food Animal Medicine, Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, TAMU 4475, College Station, TX 77845, USA. Electronic address: Pgibbons@cvm.tamu.edu.
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D000818:Animals; D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D012418:Ruminants
Cerebellar abiotrophy; Cerebellar hypoplasia; Lysosomal storage disease