Myelin Vacuolation, Optic Neuropathy and Retinal Degeneration after Closantel Overdosage in Sheep and in a Goat
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Myelin vacuolation, optic neuropathy and retinal degeneration after closantel overdosage in sheep and in a goat.
Toxicity of closantel, a halogenated salicylanilide anthelmintic, is described in 11 sheep and a goat, humanely killed 4-70 days after accidental overdosage. Status spongiosis of the cerebrum and cerebellum was present, its severity decreasing with time after treatment. Ultrastructurally, vacuoles in the cerebral white matter were seen to be intramyelinic due to splitting of myelin lamellae at ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Comparative Pathology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0021-9975
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2006.11.007