Diseases

Swayback

Congenital locomotor ataxia of lambs, thought to be associated with copper deficiency. It is characterized clinically by progressive incoordination of the hind limbs and pathologically by disruption of neuron and myelin development in the central nervous system. It is caused by a deficiency of metabolizable copper in the ewe during the last half of her pregnancy. (Dorland, 28th ed; Stedman, 26th ed)

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Congenital locomotor ataxia of lambs, thought to be associated with copper deficiency. It is characterized clinically by progressive incoordination of the hind limbs and pathologically by disruption of neuron and myelin development in the central nervous system. It is caused by a deficiency of metabolizable copper in the ewe during the last half of her pregnancy. (Dorland, 28th ed; Stedman, 26th ed)

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  • Enzootic Ataxia
  • Ataxia, Enzootic
  • Ataxias, Enzootic
  • Enzootic Ataxias

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32 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, virology.

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animal only: disease of sheep; check tag ANIMAL; don't forget also SHEEP (NIM) but do not index under SHEEP DISEASES

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History Note

91(68); was see under SHEEP DISEASES 1968-90

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Previous Indexing

  • Deficiency Diseases/veterinary (1966-1967)
  • Demyelinating Diseases (1966-1967)
  • Sheep Diseases (1966-1967)

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Swayback. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013540. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013540
  2. Swayback. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18556623