Artigo Produção Nacional Revisado por pares

Hidranencefalia em feto equino: relato de caso

2012; Volume: 19; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

ISSN

2178-3764

Autores

Carolina Nogueira de Moraes, Leandro Maia, Bruna Busianov Zaharov Simon, Luana de Cássia Bicudo, Y.F.R. Sancler-Silva, Isabele Rayanne Souza de Oliveira, Cezinande de Meira,

Tópico(s)

Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies

Resumo

The hydranencephaly in horses is rare, but is described in other species. It is characterized as a process of destruction of the brain lobes that may be caused as a result of intrauterine viral infection or caused by changes in the uterine vasculature. The reports about this disease are scarce and as such, this paper aims at describing a case of hydranencephaly in equine fetus.

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