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Pituitary apoplexy, a rare neurological emergency resulting from pituitary haemorrhage or infarction, should be considered a possibility in patients presenting with headache. Six cases are reported. The patients, four females and two males, ranged in age from 18 to 53 years. In only two had pituitary pathology previously been recognised. Headache occurred in all patients, visual field defects in four, ocular paresis in two, and subsequent hypopituitarism in five. The headache type suggested intracranial catastrophe in only one patient. A possible precipitant was noted for three of the episodes, including, in one patient, salmonella gastroenteritis. Cortisol deficiency during the acute event was common. Semi-urgent surgery was performed in two patients. In two others, prompt resolution of symptoms occurred following administration of dexamethasone.
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PMID:Pituitary apoplexy. 270 61

Studied were the acute and subchronic toxicity of monensin-Na in pigs. The investigations were carried out with elancoban-100, containing 10 per cent monensin-Na. A total of 46 pigs were used, weighing 15 to 60 kg. The preparation was applied individually via the nose or with the feed. It was found that nasally at 5 mg/kg the preparation did not lead to intoxication; rates of 10 and 20 mg/kg proved toxic, and a dose of 30 mg/kg was lethal. Feed containing 300 ppm of monensin-Na given but once led to intoxication and death with part of the animals. Pig tolerated well continuous (33 days) intake of feed that contained the sodium salt of monensin in concentrations of 120 and 240 ppm - no changes in the general status and behaviour were observed, nor were there any deviations in the morphologic and biochemical composition of the blood. It was demonstrated that the low amounts of monensin stimulated the weight gain of pigs. On the other hand, the clinical picture of the intoxication consisted in going off feed, higher pulse and respiration rates, involvement of the nervous system (depression of the nociceptive, eye closure, and ear reflexes, paresis of the hind limbs, and in severe cases - of the forelimbs too), hematuria in most of the animals, higher SGPT activity, and delayed ESR. Morphologically, there were vascular and slightly manifested degenerative changes in the parenchymal organs, red to brown urine in the bladder, strongly enlarged gallbladder, and catarrhal and hemorrhagic gastroenteritis. Histologically, there was granular and fatty degeneration of the kidneys, liver, and heart, hyperemia, perivascular and pericellular edema and degenerative changes in the glial cells of the berebrum, cerebellum, and medulla oblongata.
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PMID:[Toxicity of sodium monensin for pigs]. 734 Jan 8

Necropsy records and causes of mortality of ostriches up to 3 months old over a 5-year period (1989-1993) are presented. The data relate to one ostrich enterprise that comprises 10 breeding flocks, five rearing farms, and one hatchery. Causes of mortality are classified into nine major categories. The annual mortality percentages of all hatched ostriches over the 5-year period were 61%, 58%, 30%, 29%, and 16.6%, and the most significant cause of death was a paresis syndrome that accounted for 20%, 11%, 16%, 10.1%, and 2% mortality, respectively. Limb deformities and gastroenteritis were the other principal specific causes of mortality. The paresis syndrome was caused by an agent serologically related to Borna disease virus. Brain extracts from paralyzed ostriches, when given orally or intramuscularly to 5-week-old birds, reproduced the clinical signs and microscopic lesions. The mean time to death was less than 3 weeks for the intramuscularly infected group and was almost twice as long for the orally infected group.
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PMID:Causes of losses including a Borna disease paralytic syndrome affecting young ostriches of one breeding organization over a five-year period (1989-1993). 871 43

The comparative effects of diazinon and malathion on Najdi sheep were described in sheep allotted as untreated controls, diazinon-treated at 25 mg/kg/d or 50 mg/kg/d, and malathion-treated at 25 mg/kg/d or 50 mg/kg/d. Although serum cholinesterase (ChE) activity was reduced, neither significant clinical signs nor severe pathological changes were produced in sheep dosed orally with 25 or 50 mg diazinon/kg/d for 21 d. Both oral dose levels of malathion were lethal to sheep between 1 and 6 d and caused, prior to death, hyperexcitability, tremors, clonic convulsions, salivation, nasal discharge, incoordination of movement, paresis of the limbs and recumbency. Lesions were widespread congestion and hemorrhage, patchy pulmonary cyanosis, gastroenteritis and hepatonephropathy. These changes were accompanied by increases in the activities of serum SDH and AST, in the concentrations of urea, triglyceride and cholesterol, and decreases in ChE activity and in RBC, PCV and Hb values.
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PMID:Comparative effects of diazinon and malathion in Najdi sheep. 1050 28

Each year, 1.4 million people in the United States are infected with Salmonella (Beneson et al. [23] Am J Med, 110:60-63, 2001). The most common clinical presentation of Salmonella infection is gastroenteritis which is usually self-limited, lasting between one to four days (Black et al. [24] N Engl J Med, 261:811-816, 1960). Although most infections are mild-to-moderate, serious disease, and death does occur (Voetsch et al. [25] CID, 38:S127-S132, 2004). A rare but increasing number of patients present with Salmonellosis spondylodiscitis resulting from contiguous spread of infection from the adjacent abdominal aorta. Concurrent infection of these structures exacerbates morbidity, necessitating an elevated clinical suspicion in patients with appropriate risk factors, clinical signs and symptoms. Furthermore, an overall mortality rate of 67% makes mycotic abdominal aortic aneurysms highly lethal (Gonda et al. [26] Radiology, 168:343-346, 1988). Thus, early diagnosis is crucial, allowing for prompt antibiotic and surgical management. Laboratory and imaging tests obtained at the initial suspicion for infection of the spine and aorta facilitates diagnosis while minimizing or preventing more serious complications like paresis and aortic rupture. We present a patient with a mycotic abdominal aortic aneurysm infected with Salmonella enteritides that spread to the adjacent lumbar vertebra and left psoas muscle.
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PMID:Salmonella spondylodiscitis associated with a mycotic abdominal aortic aneurysm and paravertebral abscess. 1846 7

A 46-year-old male patient reported difficulties in speech and swallowing following gastroenteritis. Marked open nasality (open rhinophonia) and swallowing difficulties with occasional passing of food into the nasopharynx was observed during speaking with the head held in an upright position. The patient was able to articulate clearly with the head reclined or in a lying position. Endoscopy identified complete bilateral soft palate paresis consistent with bilateral glossopharyngeal nerve palsy. Additional symptoms of cranial nerve palsy appeared in the course of the disease. Intravenous corticosteroids were ineffective. A marked improvement of symptoms was achieved after i.v. immunoglobulin therapy that was initiated following identification of serum IgM anti-GM 1 ganglioside antibodies under suspicion of cranial polyneuritis. Nasality was largely resolved under additional speech exercise therapy.
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PMID:[Open rhinophonia in adults: a rare manifestation of cranial polyneuritis]. 1977 55

Salmonellosis in cattle due to S Dublin and S Typhimurium, and in pigs due to S Typhimurium. Blue-green algae (cyanobacterium) toxicity suspected on a dairy farm. Outbreaks of parasitic pneumonia diagnosed in grazing cattle across Scotland. Parasitic gastroenteritis in lambs seen in association with deficiencies of trace elements. Viral insult suspected in outdoor sows affected by hindlimb paresis and paralysis. These are among matters discussed in the disease surveillance report for August from SAC Consulting: Veterinary Services (SAC C VS).
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PMID:Disease due to Salmonella diagnosed in cattle and pigs in Scotland. 2125 6

A wild-born, 34-yr-old female western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) was transferred between zoologic collections in the United Kingdom. Adjustment to its new environment was difficult and a series of health problems ensued. Progressive severe illness of multiple etiologies, and a failure to respond to multiple therapies, led to its euthanasia 5 mo later. Disease processes included severe thoracic and axillary cutaneous ulceration of T2-3 dermatome distribution, gastroenteritis, ulcerative stomatitis, emaciation, hind limb weakness or paresis, and decubitus ulcers of the ankles and elbows. Ante- and postmortem infectious disease screening revealed that this animal was not infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, simian varicella virus (SVV), simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), or hepatitis B virus; but was infected with varicella-zoster virus (VZV) and simian T-lymphotropic virus (STLV). It is hypothesized that recrudescence of VZV and other disease processes described were associated with chronic STLV infection and the end of a characteristically long incubation period.
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PMID:Debilitating clinical disease in a wild-born captive western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) co-infected with varicella zoster virus (VZV) and simian T-lymphotropic virus (STLV). 2137 Jun 55