Communicating Hydrocephalus in a Mature Goffin's Cockatoo (Cacatua goffini).(Clinical Report)(Clinical report)

Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery | September 1, 2006| | Copyright

Abstract: Hydrocephalus is rarely diagnosed in pet birds, and when it occurs, a cause is rarely identified. Communicating hydrocephalus

is described in an adult Goffin's cockatoo (Cacatua goffini). Marked cerebral atrophy without evidence of inflammation was observed grossly and histologically in the bird in this report. The segmentally hypertrophied arachnoid membrane provides a cause for the hydrocephalus and corresponding cerebral atrophy. Metaplastic change in the leptomeninges leading to communicating hydrocephalus is characteristic of vitamin A deficiency in ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

	Macedonia mourns president Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) ; ...BITONJA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) - Macedonia state radio switched to classical music...to a report by Bosnian police. , and Macedonia's government said the 47-year-old...mourn, but we shouldn't be afraid. Macedonia is a strong and stable country." Macedonia...
	Macedonia may be on the brink of civil war. Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service ; SKOPJE, Macedonia _ When Slobodan Casule drives the streets...veteran war correspondent who is one of Macedonia's best-known political commentators...of doom, whose ranks are growing, Macedonia has all the necessary combustible ingredients...
	Macedonia name dispute with Greece threatens NATO bid.(WORLD)(North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor ; ...The Christian Science Monitor Skopje, Macedonia; and Pristina, Kosovo -- On the heels...a deepening dispute in neighboring Macedonia threatens to further rattle the fragile...But Greece has threatened to scupper Macedonia's membership bid if it does not change...
	MACEDONIA-GREECE: PEACE-SEEKING REPUBLIC WELCOMES END OF EMBARGO News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire ; ...of trade relations between Greece and Macedonia this week has fueled hope that the only...imposed an economic blockade against Macedonia in a dispute over its name and flag...of U.N. sanctions against Serbia, Macedonia's losses since 1992 exceed $4 billion...
	Macedonia's claim to name hinders its future Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ) ; ...Bergen County, NJ) 05-23-2008 Macedonia's claim to name hinders its future...NEWS Edtion: All Editions SKOPJE, Macedonia — On a recent crisp afternoon...his fourth-century B.C. empire of Macedonia, is a contemporary question that threatens...
	In Macedonia Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ; In Macedonia, threat contrasts with Kosovo peril...spiraling into war. This time, it's Macedonia that is threatening to explode into a...Organization peacekeepers to quell. In Macedonia, which abuts Kosovo and Serbia to the...
	In Macedonia, troops maintain fragile peace Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe ; ...seriously wounded President Kiro Gligorov of Macedonia on Tuesday is a reminder that, however...in Bosnia, the southern Balkans -- Macedonia especially -- remain a powder keg...preventative deployment" of UN troops. Many in Macedonia think that UN deployment has been crucial...
	Macedonia Seeks Recognition in World's Eyes Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered ; ...tinderbox is the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia, which has declared its independence...new country, claiming the very name Macedonia signals designs on Greece's territory...about a possible Serbian move against Macedonia that the United Nations has dispatched...
	Macedonia may be a `second front'.(A)(World)(Briefing/Europe) Newspaper article from: The Washington Times ; Byline: Jury Sigov SKOPJE, Macedonia - Islamic fighters like those trained...terrorist threat? No, this is Macedonia, a mountainous, land-locked...Greece, which feared the name "Macedonia" could imply territorial claims...
	Macedonia dispute has Asia flavor Claiming Alexander's heritage, Pakistanis enter the fray Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune ; ...International Herald Tribune 10-02-2008 Macedonia dispute has Asia flavor Claiming Alexander...Group Edition: 2 Section: NEWS SKOPJE, Macedonia -- It is one of Europe's most bizarre...which calls itself the Republic of Macedonia, change its name. Ever since the tiny...