Analysis of cerebrospinal fluid from 20 calves after storage for 24 hours
- A. D'Angelo, DVM, PhD, DipECVN, DipECBHM1,
- B. Miniscalco, DVM, PhD1,
- C. Bellino, DVM, PhD1,
- S. Bormida, DVM2,
- A. Borrelli, DVM, PhD1,
- C. Maurella, DVM3,
- F. Riondato, DVM, PhD1,
- C. Biolatti, DVM1 and
- A. Cagnasso, DVM, DipECBHM1
- 1 Department of Animal Pathology, University of Turin, Via L. Da Vinci 44, 10095 Grugliasco (TO), Italy
- 2 Strada Statale Monregalese 4/D, 12080 Pianfei (CN), Italy
- 3 National Reference Centre for TSE, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Via Bologna 148, 10154 Torino (TO), Italy
- antonio.dangelo{at}unito.it
Abstract
Samples of CSF collected from 20 normal healthy calves were analysed either immediately or after having been stored for 24 hours at 4°C in the presence of 11 per cent autologous serum. There were no significant differences between the total and differential cells counts of the fresh and stored samples, but there was a positive linear correlation between them. There were some morphological changes to the nuclei of the mononuclear cells in the stored samples.
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