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Volume
15 (2): 186-189, 2011. Redacted 2018.
Paradoxical unilateral vestibular dysfunction in a goat kid with
cerebellar abscess.
Saman Rafia1, DVM, DVSc;
Hossein Moaddab2, DVM, DVSc; Nasser
Alidadi1, DVM, DVSc
1Department
of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran,
Tehran, 2Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary
Medicine, Razi University of Kermanshah, Kermanshah,
Iran.
ABSTRACT
Rafia S, Moaddab H, Alidadi N, Paradoxical unilateral vestibular dysfunction
in a goat kid with cerebellar abscess, Onl J Vet Res,
15 (2): 186-189, 2011. A two-month-old female goat kid was presented with a twenty-day history
of incoordination and head malposition. Clinical examination revealed severe
ataxia accompanied by head tilt to the left, strabismus, and nystagmus. A
tentative vestibular dysfunction syndrome was initially diagnosed and the left
side otitis media-interna was initially suspected.
However, two weeks of therapy with Enrofloxacin did
not result in any improvement. At necropsy, a unilateral cerebellar abscess was
observed with no gross concurrent lesion in any other organ. In contrast to
regular cases, presence of the lesion on the right lobe signified a rare
paradoxical form of the syndrome in goats. Subsequently, pure colonies of Corynebacterium
pseudotuberculosis were cultured from the abscess
Key words: Vestibular dysfunction, brain abscess,
ataxia, kid
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