Computed tomographic images of discospondylitis in a calf |
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| Authors: | Takeshi TSUKA Naoki YAMAMOTO Makoto SANESHIGE Takehito MORITA Yuji SUNDEN Yusuke MURAHATA Kazuo AZUMA Tomohiro OSAKI Norihito ITO Yoshiharu OKAMOTO Tomohiro IMAGAWA |
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| Affiliation: | 1)Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, Tottori University, 4–101 Koyama-Minami, Tottori 680–8553, Japan;2)Shimane Prefectural Federation Agricultural Mutual Aid Association, 105 Tonomachi, Matsue, Shimane 690–0887, Japan |
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| Abstract: | A 2-month-old male Japanese Black calf was presented with a 30-day history of progressiveataxia. Antemortem examination using computed tomography (CT) revealed narrowing of thedisc spaces due to destruction of intervertebral structures between the first and secondthoracic vertebrae and between the second and third thoracic vertebrae. Osteolysis wasevident as irregular hypoattenuating lesions within the opposing end plates of the first,second and third thoracic vertebrae. Pseudomonas aeruginosa was detected as the causativebacteria, and discospondylitis was diagnosed. To the best of our knowledge, this is thefirst bovine case report describing the application of CT for the diagnosis ofdiscospondylitis. |
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| Keywords: | calf computed tomography discospondylitis Pseudomonas aeruginosa radiography |
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