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Korean J. Vet. Serv. 2018; 41(2): 91-95
Published online June 30, 2018
https://doi.org/10.7853/kjvs.2018.41.2.91
© The Korean Socitety of Veterinary Service
Polioencephalomalacia diagnosed in necropsied cattle in Korea
Correspondence to : Animal Disease Diagnostic Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (APQA), The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA)
Polioencephalomalacia (PEM) is a neurologic disease of ruminants diagnosed by pathological approach. There is very little information available to understand bovine PEM in Korea. In this study, we investigated the diagnostic rate and pathological features of PEM in 334 necropsied cases of cattle submitted to the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency in Korea from 2015~2017. PEM was diagnosed only in 13 (3.9%) Hanwoo, the Korean native cattle, and sporadically occurred in our country. The disease was the most diagnosed in fall season, and the age of the cows ranged from 1 month to 3 year. In all PEM cases, softening, and yellow discoloration of the gray matter in the cerebrum and fluorescence at the sites using ultraviolet illumination were grossly observed. Microscopically abundance of glial cells with vacuolar large cytoplasm and neuronal necrosis were commonly observed. This study suggests that future studies are necessary to identify the cause and pathogenesis for the control of PEM in our country.
Keywords Cattle,Cerebrocortical necrosis,Pathology,Polioencephalomalacia,Korea,
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Korean J. Vet. Serv. 2018; 41(2): 91-95
Published online June 30, 2018 https://doi.org/10.7853/kjvs.2018.41.2.91
Copyright © The Korean Socitety of Veterinary Service.
Polioencephalomalacia diagnosed in necropsied cattle in Korea
Lee, Kyunghyun;Choi, Eun-Jin;Jung, Ji-Youl;Lee, Hyunkyoung;Kim, Ji-Hyeon;So, ByungJae;
Animal Disease Diagnostic Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (APQA), The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA);Animal Disease Diagnostic Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (APQA), The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA);Animal Disease Diagnostic Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (APQA), The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA);Animal Disease Diagnostic Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (APQA), The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA);Animal Disease Diagnostic Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (APQA), The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA);Animal Disease Diagnostic Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (APQA), The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA);
Correspondence to:Animal Disease Diagnostic Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (APQA), The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA)
Abstract
Polioencephalomalacia (PEM) is a neurologic disease of ruminants diagnosed by pathological approach. There is very little information available to understand bovine PEM in Korea. In this study, we investigated the diagnostic rate and pathological features of PEM in 334 necropsied cases of cattle submitted to the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency in Korea from 2015~2017. PEM was diagnosed only in 13 (3.9%) Hanwoo, the Korean native cattle, and sporadically occurred in our country. The disease was the most diagnosed in fall season, and the age of the cows ranged from 1 month to 3 year. In all PEM cases, softening, and yellow discoloration of the gray matter in the cerebrum and fluorescence at the sites using ultraviolet illumination were grossly observed. Microscopically abundance of glial cells with vacuolar large cytoplasm and neuronal necrosis were commonly observed. This study suggests that future studies are necessary to identify the cause and pathogenesis for the control of PEM in our country.
Keywords: Cattle,Cerebrocortical necrosis,Pathology,Polioencephalomalacia,Korea,
