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Observations on the transmission, immunology, clinical signs and chemotherapy of dourine (Trypanosoma equiperdum infection) in horses, with special reference to cerebro-spinal fluid.

Abstract
This paper is a record of observations on the transmission and clinical signs of dourine in naturally infected cases of known duration, and of temporal and quantitative aspects of the immune response in blood and cerebro-spinal fluid. Included in the record are observations on the presence of Trypanosoma equiperdum parasites in these body fluids and methods for their detection. There is evidence that the occurrence of nervous symptoms and lesions in infected horses is associated with the presence of Trypanosoma equiperdum parasites in cerebro-spinal fluid. The suitability of cerebro-spinal fluid as an environment for the parasite and its relationship with nervous manifestations of the disease are discussed. Observations support the previously reported lesions of peripheral polyneuritis and suggest a possible correltation between the consitstent position of the nervous lesions and the drainage of cerebro-spinal fluid containing the parasite. Chemotherapy with an experimental drug MSbE was used with varying results in 4 horses at different stages of infection.
AuthorsP R Barrowman
JournalThe Onderstepoort journal of veterinary research (Onderstepoort J Vet Res) Vol. 43 Issue 2 Pg. 55-66 (Jun 1976) ISSN: 0030-2465 [Print] South Africa
PMID1018890 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Trypanocidal Agents
  • Antimony
Topics
  • Anemia (veterinary)
  • Animals
  • Antimony (therapeutic use)
  • Blood (parasitology)
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid (parasitology)
  • Dourine (drug therapy, parasitology, transmission)
  • Edema (veterinary)
  • Female
  • Horse Diseases (drug therapy, parasitology, transmission)
  • Horses
  • Lymphadenitis (veterinary)
  • Male
  • Trypanocidal Agents (therapeutic use)
  • Trypanosomiasis (veterinary)

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