A condition resembling Chastek paralysis in cats

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Extract Chaster paralysis was originally described by Green (1936) Green, R. G. 1936. Minn. Wildl. Dis. Invest., 2: 106–106. (cited by Jubb et al., 1956) [Google Scholar] in fur-bearing animals being fed raw carp (Cyprinus carpio) which contained a high level of thiaminase. Subsequent reports of the condition in foxes, mink (Evans et al., 1942 Evans, C. A. , Carlson, E. W. and Green, R. G. 1942. The pathology of Chastek paralysis in foxes. A counterpart of Wernicke's hemorrhagic polioence-phalitis of man. Am. J. Path., 18: 79–91. [Google Scholar] ) and cats (Jubb et al., ( 1956 Jubb, K. V. L. , Saunders, L. Z. and Coates, H. V. 1956. Thiamine deficiency encephalopathy in cats. J. comp. Path., 66: 217–227. [Google Scholar] ) were all associated with fish diets of high thiaminase content. However, more recently (Mayhew and Stewart, 1969 Mayhew, I. G. and Stewart, J. M. 1969. Nervous syndrome in dogs possibly associated with thiamine deficiency. N.Z. vet. J., 17: 91–92. [Taylor & Francis Online] [Google Scholar] ; Loew et al., 1970 Loew, F. M. , Martin, C. L. , Dunlop, R. H. , Mapletoft, R. J. and Smith, S. I. 1970. Naturally-occurring and experimental thiamin deficiency in cats receiving commercial cat food. Can. vet. J., 11: 109–113. [Google Scholar] ; R. D. Jolly, pers. comm.) the condition has been recorded in animals receiving “normal” diets which have been shown to be, or have been suspected of being, thiamin-deficient.

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