Lymphoplasmacytic and eosinophilic enteritis with or without globule leukocyte hyperplasia in 4 goats.

ABSTRACT: Four, mature, client-owned goats were presented to referral hospitals for recurrent diarrhea despite treatment for intestinal parasitism. Common clinical findings included diarrhea, poor condition, neutrophilia, and hypoalbuminemia. Testing for common infectious causes of diarrhea in goats was negative. Ultrasonography and computed tomography in 2 cases was suggestive of enteritis, including thickened intestinal walls and fluid filled, dilated small intestines, respectively. Lymphoplasmacytic and eosinophilic enteritis (LEE) was ultimately diagnosed on intestinal biopsy histopathology based on the presence of small intestinal villous blunting and increased numbers of lymphocytes and eosinophils predominantly within the lamina propria. Numerous globule leukocytes were also noted on histopat

SUBMITTER: Pitel MO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8163118 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature