Article
Acute paretic syndrome in juvenile White Leghorn chickens resembles late stages of acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathies in humans.
Journal of neuroinflammation - 28 Jan 2010
Bader Sophie R, Kothlow Sonja, Trapp Sascha, Schwarz Susanne Cn, Philipp Hans-Christian, Weigend Steffen, Sharifi Ahmad R, Preisinger Rudolf, Schmahl Wolfgang, Kaspers Bernd, Matiasek Kaspar
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Sudden limb paresis is a common problem in White Leghorn flocks, affecting about 1% of the chicken population before achievement of sexual maturity. Previously, a similar clinical syndrome has been reported as being caused by inflammatory demyelination of peripheral nerve fibres. Here, we investigated in detail the immunopathology of this paretic syndrome and its possible resemblance to human...
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