A 14-wk-old female llama (Lama glama) developed progressive neurologic disease characterized by stiff gait, circling, decreased mentation, and seizures. At necropsy, lesions were limited to the brain and consisted of bilateral necrosis of the cortical gray matter of the occipital lobes of the cerebral cortex. The primary microscopic alteration was bilateral laminar cerebrocortical necrosis, affecting mainly the deep laminae. Clinical disease, and gross and microscopic lesions were consistent with those of polioencephalomalacia.
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1 September 2003
GROSS AND MICROSCOPIC LESIONS OF POLIOENCEPHALOMALACIA IN A LLAMA (LAMA GLAMA)
Matti Kiupel,
William VanAlstine,
Clayton Chilcoat
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Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
Vol. 34 • No. 3
September 2003
Vol. 34 • No. 3
September 2003
Lama glama
laminar cerebrocortical necrosis
llama
polioencephalomalacia