Frequency of neurological diseases in cattle
1997
Heim, D. | Fatzer, R. | Hoernlimann, B. | Vandevelde, M. (Bern Univ. (Switzerland). Institut fuer Viruskrankheiten und Immunprophylaxe, Institut fuer Tierneurologie)
The cases of neurological diseases recorded at the Institute of Animal Neurology, University of Berne (Switzerland) from 1985 to 1994 were assessed. During this period 532 cattle with neurological symptoms were examined. After 1980 differential diagnostic investigation of rabies negative brains were not pursued anymore and the number of examined cattle brains declined to 25-30 per year. With the occurrence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in Switzerland in 1990 the number of cattle brains examined has increased to 75-80 per year. The most frequently diagnosed neurological diseases are BSE, followed by listeriosis and viral encephalitides
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