Estudio clínico y lesional de un brote de fotosensibilización ovina de origen hepatógeno en Asturias
- M. Fuertes 1
- A. Martínez
- O. Moreno 1
- J. Benavides 1
- J. Menéndez
- J.F. García Marín 1
- V. Pérez 1
- M.C. Ferreras 1
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Universidad de León
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- Fernando Forcada Miranda (coord.)
- Eduardo Angulo Asensio (coord.)
- José Antonio García de Jalón Ciércoles (coord.)
- Marcelo de las Heras Guillamón (coord.)
- Fernando López Gatius (coord.)
- Marianao Domingo Álvarez (coord.)
- Alfonso Abecia Martínez (coord.)
Publisher: Sociedad Española de Ovinotecnia y Caprinotecnia SEOC
Year of publication: 2004
Congress: Sociedad Española de Ovinotecnia y Caprinotecnia (SEOC). Jornadas (8. 2004. Lleida)
Type: Conference paper
Abstract
In this work, clinic and lesional studies are presented in an outbreak of hepatogenous or secondaryphotosensitization in Asturias in a flock of 75 sheep, which grazed in a pasture composed by clover and ryegrass. At the end of summer 2003, 13 cases of photosensitization were observed, in 5 cases a morphologicalstudy was made. Every animal studied showed necrosis of bile ducts and biliary cirrhosis. Biopathologicalanalysis demonstrated a increase of gamma-glutamyl transferase blood levels