Cerebrospinal 11 uid physical, cylologycal and biochemical evaluation from clinically normal and distemper encephalitis affected dogs
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2318-3659.v34i3p147-151Keywords:
Cerebrospinal fluid, Distemper, Nervous system, DogsAbstract
Cerebrospinal fluid samples were obtained from 20 normal dogs (from 6 to 48 months old) and 20 dogs affected by canine distemper encephalitis, in order to make a physical, cytologycal and biochemical evaluation of it. Physical, cytologycal and biochemical evaluation of the cerebrospinal fluid from normal dogs presented the following results: specif gravity: 1,007+ 1,83, pH: 8,30 + 0,34, total red cell count: 6,65 + 5,27/pl, total white cell count: 2,85+ 1,63/pl and total protein content: 38,70+15,49 mg/dl. Physical, cytologycal and biochemical evaluation of the cerebrospinal fluid from dogs with distemper encephalitis" presented the following results: specific gravity: 1,010± 1,50, pH: 8,35+ 0,46, total red cell count: 8,55+ 1 6,48/pl, total white cell count: 99,05 ± 106,93/pl and total protein content: 219,03 + 81,08 mg/dl. Cerebrospinal fluid was clear and clorless in allsamples from normal dogs, and in almost all dogs with distemper encephalitis, some of the samples were xanthochromic or turbid. Pandy’s resction was negative in all samples from normal dogs and positive, ranging from ++ to +++, in dogs affected by distemper encephalitis. Differential cell count from dogs affected by distemper revealed a predominance of lymphocytes (67 - 97%) in all samples. 2 - 20% of monocytes and 2 - 24% of plasma cells. In some samples, macrophages, neutrophils and ependymal cells were also seen. There was a positive correlation between the number of plasma cells, total protein content and
presence of globulins in cerebrospinal fluid samples of dogs affected by distemper encephalitis.
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1997-06-01
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Feitosa MM, Feitosa FLF, Kohayagawa A, Curi PR, Mogami SRK. Cerebrospinal 11 uid physical, cylologycal and biochemical evaluation from clinically normal and distemper encephalitis affected dogs. Braz. J. Vet. Res. Anim. Sci. [Internet]. 1997 Jun. 1 [cited 2024 Apr. 25];34(3):147-51. Available from: https://www.revistas.usp.br/bjvras/article/view/50284