Middleton John R
Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, 900 East Campus Drive, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
Vet Clin North Am Food Anim Pract. 2017 Mar;33(1):43-57. doi: 10.1016/j.cvfa.2016.09.005. Epub 2016 Dec 9.
Although clinical impression suggests that cerebral disorders of adult ruminants are not very common, an understanding of the common differential diagnoses is important to maintaining animal and human health. The most common causes of cerebral dysfunction are metabolic, toxic, or infectious. Many of the diseases and disorders cannot be easily differentiated based on clinical signs or antemortem diagnostic tests alone. Knowing which diseases can be easily ruled in or out, and how, will help the practitioner make case management decisions and have broader impact through recognizing index cases of emergent diseases and reducing exposure to zoonotic pathogens.
尽管临床印象表明成年反刍动物的脑部疾病并不常见，但了解常见的鉴别诊断对于维护动物和人类健康很重要。脑功能障碍最常见的原因是代谢性、中毒性或感染性的。许多疾病和病症仅根据临床症状或生前诊断测试难以轻易区分。了解哪些疾病可以轻松排除或确诊，以及如何做到这一点，将有助于从业者做出病例管理决策，并通过识别新发疾病的索引病例和减少接触人畜共患病原体产生更广泛的影响。
