1)鹿児島県北薩家畜保健衛生所(〒895-0067 川内市上川内町5568-1) 2)鹿児島大学農学部(〒890-0065 鹿児島市郡元1-21-24) |
(1999年3月17日受付・1999年5月17日受理)
1982〜91年に鹿児島県内で黒毛和種2例(長期在胎),ホルスタイン種1例(早産)の単眼奇形症を経験した.いずれも小柄で,全身的な無毛または著しい減毛が認められ,四肢は過度の伸長または軽い変形を示した.単一の眼窩が顔面中央に位置し,2例では眼球は1個であったが,1例では2個が癒合していた.上顎と鼻は欠損して顔面がしゃくれ,切歯は歯肉で覆われていた.頭蓋は形成不全で泉門が大きく開き,左右大脳半球はほとんど欠損し,下垂体は痕跡的であった.ウイルス学的に検査された1例ではアイノウイルスとIBRウイルス抗体が陽性で,脳に組織学的病変が認められた.鹿児島県には内外の報告から原因として疑われるバイケイソウの分布がなく,原因は究明できなかった. --------------------日獣会誌 52,644〜647(1999)
Three Calf Cases of CyclopiaMinoru HIROOKA* and Katsumi HAMANA
SUMMARY Three calf cases of cyclopia were experienced in Kagoshima during 1982 to 1991. Two were of Japanese
Black with prolonged gestation and one was of Holstein with premature birth. All the cases were small
showing severe hypotrichosis, and the limbs were either over-extending or mildly malformed. A sigle orbit
with one or two-fused eyeballs was located in the median face. The nose and upper jaw were lacking, and
the incisors were covered with gingiva. The hypoplastic skull had large cranial fontanelles and the cerebral
hemispheres were mostly absent, with a rudimentary pituitary glands. In Kagoshima there was no population
of Veratrum album, which was suspected as a causative agent, and the cause of these cyclopia cases remained
unknown. --------------------J. Jpn. Vet. Med. Assoc., 52, 644〜647 (1999) |