Mieloencefalite protozoária equina: relato de caso

Abstract

Equine protozoal myelo-encephalitis (EPM) is a non-contagious parasitic disease that affects the central nervous system (CNS). The etiology is varied, Neuropora, hereditary and neoplastic blood Neoplasias and Neoplasias, and Sarcocystis and Sarcocystidae. The clinical signs are correlated to the location of the lesions in the central nervous system. The anti-mortem diagnosis of the disease can be done through serological tests. Positivity is an animal's exposure to etiological agents, suffering some limitations due to a clash of animals. The diagnosis of clinical diagnosis is isolation against parasitis non system nervous central. The present work had as objective the accomplishment of a report of case of EPM, by Neospora spp. A 2.5 year old mare campolina was attended at the University Hospital of Veterinary Medicine with a history of motor incoordination of the pelvic limbs of a progressive character. Ask the doctor concerned about the CNS, Wobber syndrome and EPM is suspected. Radiographic examinations showed no changes in the cervical spine. The results of the tests were negative for S. neurona by SAG and RIFI ELISA techniques, and positive in the titration of 1: 100 for Neospora spp. by the RIFI technique, demonstrating the importance of including neosporosis in any differential equine solution with incoordination and clinical signs of myeloencephalitis. It is not the cost of your business and your chronicity do not choose to treat the animal.