1. Spontaneous peripheral neuritis in two electric eels (Electrophorus electricus)
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Nobuyuki Higashiguchi, Mitsuru Kuwamura, Nahid Rahman, Chiho Kezuka, Naoya Kosaka, Jyoji Yamate, and Takeshi Izawa
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endocrine system ,0303 health sciences ,Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,animal structures ,General Veterinary ,biology ,040301 veterinary sciences ,business.industry ,Neuritis ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,Inflammatory cell infiltration ,biology.organism_classification ,Electric eel ,Peripheral ,0403 veterinary science ,03 medical and health sciences ,Peripheral nerve ,Chromatolysis ,Electrophorus ,Medicine ,business ,Peripheral neuritis ,030304 developmental biology - Abstract
This study represents cases with spontaneous neuritis of peripheral nerves in electric eels. Two electric eels were presented with abnormal swimming behavior and loss of appetite. Electric eels had extensive histopathologic lesions in the splenic and cardiac nerves. The lesions were characterized by swelling of neuronal cells, central chromatolysis and marked inflammatory cell infiltration consisting mainly of lymphocytes around the affected nerves. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report of spontaneous neuritis of peripheral nerves in electric eels.
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- 2019
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