Table 5 Animals with discrepancies between clinical signs and pathological observations
Animal | Clinical signs | Pathology observations |
|---|---|---|
1 | Multiple epileptic seizures with loss of control | No lesions observed |
2 | Kidney failure, marked increase in urea, creatinine and sodium values with loss of appetite and vomiting | Nephritis, suppurative, focal, acute, mild Renal medullary calcification, multifocal, mild |
3 | CNS: Body tremor, forceful difficult expiration Digestive or CNS: Cramps gastric stasis Respiratory or CNS: increased breathing frequency | CNS nad. Cornea and brain herpesvirus PCR positive Digestive: nad Respiratory: pulmonary oedema (acute agony related) |
4 | CNS symptoms: hypothermia, disorientated swimming against the wall, laboured breathing with vertical rises above the water to inspire | Cerebrum: polioencephalitis, multifocal, mild |
5 | Kidney failure: marked increase urea, creatinine, sodium, vomiting | Kidney: urolithiasis, mild, some protein granules in the collecting ducts |