Table 1.
Serum concentrations of vitamins A, D, and E in sheep and goat flocks associated with abortion incidents in East Azerbaijan Province, Northwest Iran.
Table 2.
Serum concentrations of macroelements and trace elements in sheep and goat flocks associated with abortion incidents in East Azerbaijan Province, Northwest Iran.
Fig 1.
The brain (cerebellum) of an aborted fetus from a mother with confirmed copper deficiency shows various pathological features.
A: Encephalomalacia (vacuolated spaces, long arrows) and neuronal necrosis (shrunken, angular neuronal cell bodies with dense, contracted nuclei, short arrows). B: Central chromatolysis (neuron with an acentric nucleus, pale central cytoplasm, and dispersed Nissl substance, long arrow), neuronal necrosis (short arrow), and satellitosis (oligodendrocyte proliferation, arrowhead). C: Encephalomalacia (long arrow) associated with Wallerian degeneration (swollen axons, short arrows) and foamy macrophage infiltration (gitter cells with distended, lipid-rich cytoplasm). D: Wallerian degeneration (swollen axons, arrow) and vascular hyperemia. E: Wallerian degeneration (swollen axons, longitudinal section, arrow). F: Satellitosis (oligodendrocyte proliferation in small groups within the interfascicular space, arrow; H&E stain).
Fig 2.
The myocardium of an aborted fetus from a mother with confirmed selenium deficiency exhibits several pathological features.
A: Calcium deposits (long arrow) and myocardial necrosis (short arrow) are observed. B: Myocardial cell hyalinization (long arrow) is accompanied by satellite cell proliferation (short arrow). C: Macrophage infiltration (arrow) is present in the damaged myocardium. D: Hemorrhage (long arrow) and edema (short arrow) occur between myocardial bundles. H&E.