Journal article
Clinical and Clinicopathologic Characteristics of Ovine GM‐1 Gangliosidosis
Journal of veterinary internal medicine, Vol.8(3), pp.221-223
05/1994
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/106714
PMID: 8064659
Abstract
Ovine GM‐1 gangliosidosis is an inherited lysosomal storage disease. Nine lambs affected with the disease were studied to characterize clinical signs and to determine if there were any pathognomonic clinicopathologic abnormalities. Evaluation included physical, ophthalmic, and neurologic examinations, complete blood counts, serum enzyme and electrolyte analyses, urinalyses, cerebrospinal fluid analyses, blood gas analyses, roentgenograms, electromyograms, and electrocardiograms. Two affected lambs had clinicopathologic tests performed before and after the onset of clinical signs. The only consistent abnormalities recognized were nonspecific signs referable to the central nervous system; predominantly ataxia, conscious proprioceptive deficit most severe in the hind limbs, blindness, and recumbency. Lambs continued to eat and drink, though at diminished levels and with loss of body condition. It was concluded that there are no pathognomonic clinicopathologic abnormalities associated with ovine GM‐1 gangliosidosis, and antemortem diagnosis requires enzyme assay of leukocytes or cultured fibroblasts, or lectin histochemistry of tissues obtained by biopsy. Lysosomal storage diseases should be considered among the differential diagnoses in young animals presenting with early neonatal death or with nonspecific neurological signs, in concert with an absence of diagnostic clinicopathologic findings.
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- Title
- Clinical and Clinicopathologic Characteristics of Ovine GM‐1 Gangliosidosis
- Creators
- Robert D MurnaneDavid J PrieurAmelia J Ahern‐RindellLarry D HollerSteven M Parish
- Publication Details
- Journal of veterinary internal medicine, Vol.8(3), pp.221-223
- Publisher
- Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Oxford, UK
- Number of pages
- 3
- Identifiers
- 99900547062001842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article