A French Holstein cow, that calved her first calf one week before presentation, had eaten less for 2 days and had difficulty getting up for 2 weeks. The farmer suspected a displaced abomasum. The general examination of the cow indicated a neurological disease with vertebral involvement. The...

This short communication describes an investigation of whether pacing in cattle is associated with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and other diseases of the central nervous system, and whether it occurs in healthy cattle. Video film recordings of 53 cows with BSE and 268 cattle with other...

The aim of this study was to describe the types of diseases that affect the nervous system of cattle from the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. A retrospective study from January 2008 to December 2012 was perfomed, based on reports of cattle autopsies autopsy carried out by the Laboratório de...

The purpose of this paper was to describe the clinical findings in 4 cattle from Switzerland with abscesses in the cervical vertebrae. In all of the animals there was generalized ataxia and normal behaviour, mentation and cranial nerve function. All animals had marked difficulty rising and had...

Between 1986 and 2001, eleven cattle were referred to the Clinic of Large Animal Medicine, University of Zurich. Nine of the animals had progressive difficulty in rising as well as ataxia, and the other two could rise only with the aid of a cow lifter. There were six cows, one heifer, one breeding...

Encephalitis, lymphoid tissue depletion and secondary infections occurred over a 5-year-period in Holstein cows infected with bovine immunodeficiency virus (BIV). There were 59 cattle studied, most during 1991, when a severe environmental stress occurred, each with 1 or more primary causes of...

The lameness in 256 camels was diagnosed in a period of 2 years, i.e. 2003-2005. The basis of diagnosis of lameness was precise history, clinical signs and diagnostic tools. The animals were observed in standing position from front, sides and rear positions. The supportive, swinging or...

In a paper published in 1982, the author discussed enlargement of cervical epiphyses in cattle, partly genetic and partly nutritional in origin, leading to constriction of the 7th cervical intervertebral foramen (CIF) and hence possibly to spastic paresis. This article extends this study to the...

Early muscular and digestive side effects of treatment against warble fly with systemic organophosphorus compounds applied in autumn by the pour on method may be explained by the anticholinesterase action of these drugs. They are generally transitory and mild. Late side effects consisting of severe ...

By 1963 the cattle population was 29,013 compared with 20,213 in 1961. The TICK ERADICATION programme against Boophilus microplus continued; in 1963, 23, 985 cattle were tick free, 2, 835 were under eradication treatment, and the remainder were infested or unknown. Deer and wild cattle are believed ...