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The authors describe two cases of recurrent neuropathy in members of two different families. Paresis of peroneal nerves was the only sign released by compression of the nerve during work in squatting or kneeling position. The members of one family had similar clinical and electrophysiological signs. The father of the second patient was clinically healthy but he had evidently reduced conduction velocity in peroneal nerves. The diagnosis was established after ruling out of exogenous and endogenous infectious and toxic factors, vitamin deficiency and allergy.
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PMID:[2 cases of hereditary recurrent neuropathy caused by compression of the peripheral nerves]. 28 93

Localized lesions of the central nervous system do occur in cattle. Those affecting the cranial nerves and focal lesions of the spinal cord are most easily recognized by careful neurologic examination. Once the lesion has been anatomically localized, likely etiologic causes can be pursued. Probably the most common cause of cranial nerve deficits in cattle is listeriosis. Important differential diagnoses include brain and pituitary abscesses and extensions of ear infections. Other possible causes include PEM, TEME, hypovitaminosis A, and several rare, sporadic causes. In young cattle, spinal trauma and vertebral body abscesses are the most common causes of progressive paresis resulting from spinal cord lesions. Congenital abnormalities must be considered in the differential diagnoses for very young calves. Non-neurologic conditions, including fractures of the limbs and especially nutritional muscular dystrophy, must be ruled out. In older cattle, compressive neoplasms, most notably lymphosarcoma, are primarily responsible for progressive paresis. Differential diagnosis should include other neurologic conditions such as delayed organophosphate neurotoxicity; early progressive diffuse neurologic diseases such as rabies, pseudorabies, and botulism; plant toxicities; and non-neurologic conditions resulting in recumbency, such as hypocalcemia and musculoskeletal trauma.
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PMID:Localized diseases of the bovine brain and spinal cord. 349 93