Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association.
Publisher:
[American Veterinary Medical Association,. Schaumburg, Ill. : American Veterinary Medical Association (1975)
Frequency: Semimonthly
Country: United States
Language: English
Author(s):
American Veterinary Medical Association.
Start Year:1915 -
Identifiers
| ISSN: | 0003-1488 (Print) 1943-569X (Electronic) 0003-1488 (Linking) |
| NLM ID: | 7503067 |
| (OCoLC): | 01084791 |
| (DNLM): | J12340000(s) |
| Coden: | JAVMA4 |
| LCCN: | 16022549 |
| Classification: | W1 JO911J |
Multiple hemangiosarcomas in the tarsal synovial sheath of a horse. A 2-year-old Standardbred colt with a history of intermittent lameness of the left hindlimb had hemangiosarcomatous involvement of the tarsal synovial sheath. Tibiotarsal and proximal intertarsal synovial sacs were visibly distended and there was pronounced distension of the tarsal synovial sheath. A large, firm mass was palpable in the sheath at about the level of the tuber calcis. Three circumscribed sessile growths were surgically excised from the sheath. The growths were lobulated, moderately vascular, and of fibrotic consistency. Microscopically, the pattern of the hemangiosarcomas appear...
Cerebrospinal nematodiasis of Equidae. A review of 6 cases of equine cerebrospinal nematodiasis diagnosed between 1958 and 1971 indicated that 2 major clinical syndromes occur—chronic incoordination and an acute progressive fatal encephalitic disease. The gross lesions of acute cases occur most commonly in the centrum ovale and the cerebellar roof nuclear region and appear as hemorrhagic serpentine tracks. The invariable existence of endocardial or proximal aortic verminous lesions caused by Strongylus vulgaris in horses with verminous encephalitis circumstantially incriminates S. vulgaris parasitic emboli as the most common caus...