Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis in an equine in Colombia: Case report
dc.contributor.author | Maldonado Vera, María Camila [UNESP] | |
dc.contributor.author | Ramírez Forero, German Francisco | |
dc.contributor.author | Domínguez-Castaño, Pablo [UNESP] | |
dc.contributor.institution | Fundación Universitaria Agraria de Colombia (Uniagraria) | |
dc.contributor.institution | Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-06-25T10:47:43Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-06-25T10:47:43Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-09-01 | |
dc.description.abstract | Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis (EPM) is an infectious neurological disease with a high percentage of mortality rate that affects equines that share habitat with their definitive host; however, it has not been widely reported in endemic regions. In Colombia, a country with wide distribution of the host, a veterinarian is consulted for a clinical case of an equine with neurological and muscular symptoms compatible with EPM. Antibiotic and anticoccidial treatment was immediately initiated when this pathology was suspected, and a blood sample was sent to confirm the diagnosis in the laboratory. The sample was positive for the sarcocystin toxin produced by the protozoan S. neurona. The equine responded positively and fully recovered five months after treatment. This case report shows the importance of taking this pathology into account as a differential diagnosis of neurological and muscular diseases to establish an effective treatment as soon as possible, generating a favourable prognosis and, therefore, a patients’s recovery. | en |
dc.description.affiliation | Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria Fundación Universitaria Agraria de Colombia (Uniagraria) | |
dc.description.affiliation | Departamento de Clínica e Cirurgia Veterinária Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias (FCAV) Universidade Estadual Paulista «Júlio de Mesquita Filho» -UNESP Campus Jaboticabal | |
dc.description.affiliation | Departamento de Zootecnia Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias (FCAV) Universidade Estadual Paulista «Júlio de Mesquita Filho» -UNESP Campus Jaboticabal | |
dc.description.affiliationUnesp | Departamento de Clínica e Cirurgia Veterinária Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias (FCAV) Universidade Estadual Paulista «Júlio de Mesquita Filho» -UNESP Campus Jaboticabal | |
dc.description.affiliationUnesp | Departamento de Zootecnia Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias (FCAV) Universidade Estadual Paulista «Júlio de Mesquita Filho» -UNESP Campus Jaboticabal | |
dc.identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.15381/RIVEP.V31I3.17239 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Peru, v. 31, n. 3, 2020. | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.15381/RIVEP.V31I3.17239 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1609-9117 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1682-3419 | |
dc.identifier.scopus | 2-s2.0-85098161860 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11449/207020 | |
dc.language.iso | spa | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Peru | |
dc.source | Scopus | |
dc.subject | Equine | |
dc.subject | Host | |
dc.subject | Neurological disease | |
dc.subject | Protozoan | |
dc.title | Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis in an equine in Colombia: Case report | en |
dc.title | Mieloencefalitis protozoaria equina en un equino en Colombia: Reporte de caso | es |
dc.type | Artigo | |
unesp.department | Clínica e Cirurgia Veterinária - FCAV | pt |
unesp.department | Zootecnia - FCAV | pt |