encephalomalacia (redirected from degenerative encephalomalacia)

encephalomalacia /en·ceph·a·lo·ma·la·cia/ (en-sef?ah-lo-mah-la´shah) softening of the brain.

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en·ceph·a·lo·ma·la·cia (n-sf-l-m-lsh)

n.

Softening of brain tissue, usually caused by vascular insufficiency or degenerative changes. Also called cerebromalacia.

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encephalomalacia

literally, softening of the brain but the term is used to include degenerative diseases of the brain generally. Leukoencephalomalacia refers to the white matter, polioencephalomalacia to the gray matter. The syndrome associated with encephalomalacia is primarily one of loss of function including somnolence, blindness, ataxia, head pressing, circling and terminal coma.

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degenerative encephalomalacia

includes nigropallidal encephalomalacia, leukoencephalomalacia.

focal symmetrical encephalomalacia

a subacute form of enterotoxemia due to Clostridium perfringens type D in sheep which are partly immune to the toxin. Clinical signs are the dummy syndrome of aimless wandering, head pressing, blindness and incoordination. Most affected sheep die after an illness of about 7 days.

nigropallidal encephalomalacia

see nigropallidal encephalomalacia.