Abelardo Morales and Aniceto Méndez
The aim of this study was report of a case of a head injury in a mule (Eqqus ferus caballus) by pathological study. Were studied a mule of 3 months old, with history of a head injury, collapse, shock and sudden death. Was to examined by necropsy and samples of tissue were recollected. Necropsy revealed a traumatic in head with brain injury obliquely with an open fracture of the frontal bone, about 15 cm long, 1.5 cm wide, exposure of brain tissue and significant bleeding. Severe hydrocephalus acquired approximately 15 cubic centimeters.Submeningeal hematoma on the ventral side of the frontal bone, as well as a hematoma in the left hemisphere. The histopathology of brain evidence severed edema and hemorrhage submeningeal and marked coagulation necrosis acute encephalomalacia and leukoencephalomalacia. Increased Virchow-Robbins space. Evidence is not suppurative meningitis with presence of lymphocytic diffuse. In conclusion were reported a case of trauma of head injury in a mule underlying a viral meningitis by pathological study on a mule
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