Hindlimb paralysis in a Holstein heifer with pathologic lumbar fracture caused by vertebral and paravertebral body abscess

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  • Murata F.
    Division of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
  • Nakagun S.
    Division of Clinical Veterinary Sciences, Department of Veterinary Medicine,Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
  • Hashimoto N.
    Tokachi Agricultural Mutual Aid Association
  • Watanabe K.
    Division of Clinical Veterinary Sciences, Department of Veterinary Medicine,Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
  • Horiuchi N.
    Division of Clinical Veterinary Sciences, Department of Veterinary Medicine,Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
  • Kobayashi Y.
    Division of Clinical Veterinary Sciences, Department of Veterinary Medicine,Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
  • Tsuzuki N.
    Division of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
  • Inokuma H.
    Division of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

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  • 椎体膿瘍および椎体周囲膿瘍による腰椎病的骨折のホルスタイン種育成牛にみられた後躯麻痺の１症例
  • 症例報告 椎体膿瘍および椎体周囲膿瘍による腰椎病的骨折のホルスタイン種育成牛にみられた後躯麻痺の1症例
  • ショウレイ ホウコク ツイタイ ノウヨウ オヨビ ツイタイ シュウイ ノウヨウ ニ ヨル ヨウツイビョウテキ コッセツ ノ ホルスタインシュ イクセイギュウ ニ ミラレタ ゴクマヒ ノ 1 ショウレイ

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<p>　A 6-month-old Holstein heifer presented with hindlimb paralysis and astasia. Spinal injury was suspected from the spinal curvature and swelling from T13 to L2. Abdominal ultrasound examination revealed a mass of 8 cm in diameter near the right kidney. Ultrasound-guided needle aspiration of the mass revealed pus containing Gram-positive cocci, and paravertebral body abscess was strongly suspected. Computed tomography examination revealed a vertebral fracture of L2. At necropsy, two abscesses were found on both sides of the spine from L1 to L5. These abscesses were fused near the vertebral body of L1 and L2 encapsulating the vertebral body. A pathologic fracture of L2 was confirmed, and a part of the bone was compressing the spinal cord.</p>

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