Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis in an equine in Colombia: Case report

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dc.contributor.authorMaldonado Vera, María Camila [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorRamírez Forero, German Francisco
dc.contributor.authorDomínguez-Castaño, Pablo [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionFundación Universitaria Agraria de Colombia (Uniagraria)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-25T10:47:43Z
dc.date.available2021-06-25T10:47:43Z
dc.date.issued2020-09-01
dc.description.abstractEquine 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.affiliationFacultad de Medicina Veterinaria Fundación Universitaria Agraria de Colombia (Uniagraria)
dc.description.affiliationDepartamento de Clínica e Cirurgia Veterinária Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias (FCAV) Universidade Estadual Paulista «Júlio de Mesquita Filho» -UNESP Campus Jaboticabal
dc.description.affiliationDepartamento de Zootecnia Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias (FCAV) Universidade Estadual Paulista «Júlio de Mesquita Filho» -UNESP Campus Jaboticabal
dc.description.affiliationUnespDepartamento de Clínica e Cirurgia Veterinária Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias (FCAV) Universidade Estadual Paulista «Júlio de Mesquita Filho» -UNESP Campus Jaboticabal
dc.description.affiliationUnespDepartamento de Zootecnia Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias (FCAV) Universidade Estadual Paulista «Júlio de Mesquita Filho» -UNESP Campus Jaboticabal
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.15381/RIVEP.V31I3.17239
dc.identifier.citationRevista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Peru, v. 31, n. 3, 2020.
dc.identifier.doi10.15381/RIVEP.V31I3.17239
dc.identifier.issn1609-9117
dc.identifier.issn1682-3419
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85098161860
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/207020
dc.language.isospa
dc.relation.ispartofRevista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Peru
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectEquine
dc.subjectHost
dc.subjectNeurological disease
dc.subjectProtozoan
dc.titleEquine protozoal myeloencephalitis in an equine in Colombia: Case reporten
dc.titleMieloencefalitis protozoaria equina en un equino en Colombia: Reporte de casoes
dc.typeArtigo
unesp.departmentClínica e Cirurgia Veterinária - FCAVpt
unesp.departmentZootecnia - FCAVpt

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