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Descriptor English:   Swayback 
Descriptor Spanish:   Lordosis Equina 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Lordose Eqüina 
Synonyms English:   Enzootic Ataxia  
Tree Number:   C18.654.521.500.857
C22.836.886
Definition English:   Congenital locomotor ataxia of lambs, thought to be associated with copper deficiency. It is characterized clinically by progressive incoordination of the hind limbs and pathologically by disruption of neuron and myelin development in the central nervous system. It is caused by a deficiency of metabolizable copper in the ewe during the last half of her pregnancy. (Dorland, 28th ed; Stedman, 26th ed) 
Indexing Annotation English:   animal only: disease of sheep; check tag ANIMAL; don't forget also SHEEP (NIM) but do not index under SHEEP DISEASES
History Note English:   91(68); was see under SHEEP DISEASES 1968-90 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
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surgery therapy
transmission urine
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Record Number:   29560 
Unique Identifier:   D013540 

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