Wobbly syndrome in an african pygmy hedgehog (Atelerix albiventris)

A three-year-old female African pygmy hedgehog (Atelerix albiventris), born and domiciled in Brazil, presented apathy, prostration, and difficulty to stay standing. Its parents were siblings but did not present clinical signs related to this condition. As its clinical condition worsened, the animal...

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Autores: de Oliveira, L. B., Moreira, M. V. L.|||0000-0003-0173-3524, Santos, W. H. d. M., Stuart, L. C. O., Pi Castro, Dolors|||0000-0002-0122-7384, Pumarola i Batlle, Martí|||0000-0002-0935-7941, Ecco, R.|||0000-0002-8052-5389
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:224164
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/224164
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1590/0103-8478cr20180742
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Central nervous system
Degenerative disease
Myelopathy
Histopathology
Vacuolation
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Sumario:A three-year-old female African pygmy hedgehog (Atelerix albiventris), born and domiciled in Brazil, presented apathy, prostration, and difficulty to stay standing. Its parents were siblings but did not present clinical signs related to this condition. As its clinical condition worsened, the animal was euthanized and referred for necropsy. No gross lesions were found in the central nervous system (CNS). Histologically, there was vacuolation with axonal degeneration in the white matter of the CNS and in peripheral nervous tissue. The Kluver-Barrera (KB) stain confirmed demyelination in vacuolated areas. Immunohistochemistry using several neural markers confirmed astrocytosis and microgliosis associated with vacuolated areas. In addition, there was a mild decrease in the immuno intensity of myelin proteolipid protein (PLP) in these areas. These results suggest a genetic origin of the present demyelination, which resulted in the wobbly syndrome described in this report.