Tontis A, Gutzwiller A, Zwahlen R
Institut für Tierpathologie, Universität Bern.
Tierarztl Prax. 1992 Aug;20(4):368-72.
Myocardial fibrosis and degeneration of unknown etiology is described in two adult, female goats of the Saanen and Pfauen breeds. Both animals presented with clinical signs of cardiac failure with subcutaneous edema, hydrothorax and ascites. The pathological lesions were characterized by cardiomegaly with ventricular and auricular dilatation and hypertrophy, massive subcutaneous edema and body cavity edema. The first goat additionally showed chronic liver congestion due to cardiac failure. Histologically, the most prominent changes were focally extensive cardiomyocyte degeneration and cardiac fibrosis. The clinical history and pathologic lesions are comparable to those of dilatative cardiomyopathy in SixRH cattle.
在两只成年萨能山羊和普法恩山羊母羊中发现了病因不明的心肌纤维化和变性。两只动物均表现出心力衰竭的临床症状，伴有皮下水肿、胸腔积液和腹水。病理病变的特征为心脏肿大，心室和心房扩张及肥厚，大量皮下水肿和体腔水肿。第一只山羊还因心力衰竭出现慢性肝淤血。组织学上，最显著的变化是局灶性广泛的心肌细胞变性和心脏纤维化。临床病史和病理病变与SixRH牛的扩张型心肌病相似。
