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Vet Pathol 43:780-781 (2006)
© 2006 American College of Veterinary Pathologists
BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS AND CASE REPORTS

Avian Riboflavin Deficiency: An Acquired Tomaculous Neuropathy

Z. Cai, J. W. Finnie and P. C. Blumbergs

Abstract

The finding of tomacula, focal areas of sausage-shaped hypermyelination in peripheral nerves, is reported for the first time in avian riboflavin deficiency. Day-old, meat-type chickens were fed a riboflavin-deficient diet (1.8 mg/kg) and were killed on postnatal days 6, 11, 16, and 21, while control chickens were fed a conventional diet containing 5.0 mg/kg riboflavin. Tomacula were found in sciatic and brachial nerves from day 11 onward, became more frequent and prominent with increasing time, and preceded the onset of segmental demyelination.

Key words: Avian; peripheral nerve; riboflavin deficiency; tomacula.

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