Conglutination of the cerebellar granule cell layer in cattle Academic Article

abstract

• Cerebellar conglutination of the granule cell layer is a postmortem artifact observed in cattle. It is related to increased time between death and fixation of the brain. In this study, 228 cerebellum were histologically analyzed throughout cerebellar vermis. Cerebellar conglutination was observed in 36% of the cases and it was not related to specific diseases. Seventy-four percent of the cases did not present any histological lesions in the brain. Microscopically, cerebellar conglutination was characterized by segmentar or diffuse dissolution of the granule cell layer. This artifact has been misinterpreted as resulting from specific diseases of the central nervous system in cattle, and it has to be differentiated from important antemortem lesions.

authors

• Rech, Raquel

published proceedings

• CIENCIA RURAL

author list (cited authors)

• Rech, R. R., Rissi, D. R., Pierezan, F., Gabriel, A. L., & Lombardo de Barros, C. S.

citation count

• 1

complete list of authors

• Rech, Raquel Rubia||Rissi, Daniel Ricardo||Pierezan, Felipe||Gabriel, Adriane Loy||Lombardo de Barros, Claudio Severo

publication date

• July 2008

published in

• Ciência Rural  Journal

keywords

• Artifact
• Central Nervous System
• Cerebellar Conglutination
• Etat Glace
• Neuropathology
• Pathology

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1590/S0103-84782008000400048

start page

• 1181

end page

• 1183

volume

• 38

issue

• 4