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Muscular Dystrophy in Man and Duck: A Comparative Study

Muscular Dystrophy in Man and Duck: A Comparative Study Abstract A spontaneously occurring myopathy that resembles in many ways muscular dystrophy in man has been observed in a strain of white Pekin ducks.1,2 Of these ducks, 10% developed contractures, usually between the 7th and 21st day of life, in one or both extremities.3 Many had muscular weakness and morphologic changes in the muscle without contractures. The histologic lesions in the striated muscle were characterized by focal areas of necrosis within individual muscle fibers.1-3 Genetic studies now in progress would suggest that transmittal does occur. A variety of agents have produced degenerative lesions in the striated muscle of different laboratory animals: irradiation,4,5 a chemical,6 bacterial infections,7 viruses,8 vitamin deficiency,9 and massive doses of cortisone.10,11 A genetic disease has been described in which there are degenerative lesions in the striated muscle of the mouse,12 hamster,13,14 and chicken.15-17 Progressive muscular dystrophy References 1. Rigdon, R. H.: Muscular Dystrophy: Spontaneous Occurrence in Ducks , Tex Rep Biol Med 19: 167-177 ( (spring) ) 1961. 2. Rigdon, R. H.: Spontaneous Muscular Dystrophy in the White Pekin Duck , Amer J Path 39:27-40 ( (July) ) 1961. 3. Rigdon, R. H.: Perosis Secondary to Spontaneously-Occurring Muscle Necrosis in the Duck , Amer J Vet Res 24:1030-1037 ( (Sept) ) 1963. 4. Warren, S.: Effects of Radiation on Normal Tissues: XIV. Effects on Striated Muscle , Arch Path 35:347-349 ( (Feb) ) 1943. 5. Warren, S.: The Histopathology of Radiation Lesions , Physiol Rev 24:225-238 ( (April) ) 1944. 6. Hicks, S. P.: Brain Metabolism in Vivo: II. The Distribution of Lesions Caused by Azide, Malononitrile, Plasmocid and Dinitrophenol Poisoning in Rats , Arch Path 50:545-561 ( (Nov) ) 1950. 7. Forbus, W. D.: Pathologic Changes in Voluntary Muscle: I. Degeneration and Regeneration of the Rectus Abdominis in Pneumonia , Arch Path Lab Med 2:318-339 ( (Sept) ) 1926. 8. Dalldorf, G., and Sickles, G. M.: An Unidentified, Filtrable Agent Isolated From the Feces of Children With Paralysis , Science 108:61-62 ( (July) ) 1948.Crossref 9. Pappenheimer, A. M.: On Certain Aspects of Vitamin E Deficiency , Springfield, Ill: Charles C Thomas, Publisher, 1948. 10. Ellis, J. T.: Studies on the Nature and Pathogenesis of Muscular Degeneration in Cortisone-Treated Rabbits , Bull Acad Med 29:814-817 ( (Oct) ) 1953. 11. Ellis, J. T.: Necrosis and Regeneration of Skeletal Muscles in Cortisone-Treated Rabbits , Amer J Path 32:993-1013 ( (Sept-Oct) ) 1956. 12. Michelson, A. M.; Russell, E. S.; and Harman, P. J.: Dystrophia Muscularis: A Heredittary Primary Myopathy in the House Mouse , Proc Nat Acad Sci 41:1079-1084 ( (Dec) ) 1955.Crossref 13. Homburger, F.; Baker, J. R.; Nixon, C. W.; and Wilgram, G.: New Hereditary Disease of Syrian Hamsters , Arch Intern Med 110:660-662 ( (Nov) ) 1962.Crossref 14. Homburger, F.; Baker, J. R.; Nixon, C. W.; and Whitney, R.: [ Primary, Generalized Polymyopathy and Cardiac Necrosis in an Inbred Line of Syrian Hamsters ], Med Exp (Basel) 6:339-345, 1962.Crossref 15. Asmundson, V. S., and Julian, L. M.: Inherited Muscle Abnormality in the Domestic Fowl , J Hered 47:248-252 ( (Oct) ) 1956. 16. Cornelius, C. E.; Law, G. R. J.; Julian, L. M.; and Asmundson, V. S.: Plasma Aldolase and Glutamic-Oxaloacetic Transaminase Activities in Inherited Muscular Dystrophy of Domestic Chicken , Proc Soc Exp Biol Med 101:41-44 ( (May) ) 1959.Crossref 17. Rigdon, R. H.; Ferguson, T. M.; and Couch, J. R.: Muscular Dystrophy in the Chicken: A Pathologic Study , Tex Rep Biol Med 20:446-453 ( (fall) ) 1962. 18. Milhorat, A. T.: "Observations on the Pathogenesis of Progressive Muscular Dystrophy," in Proceedings of the First and Second Medical Conferences, New York: Muscular Dystrophy Association of America, Inc., Scientific Department, 1951-1952. 19. West, W. T., and Mason, K. E.: Degeneration and Regeneration in Experimental Muscular Dystrophy , Amer J Phys Med 34:223-239 ( (Feb) ) 1955. 20. Milhorat, A. T.; Toscani, V.; and Bartels, W. E.: Effect of Wheat Germ on Creatinuria in Dermatomyositis and Progressive Muscular Dystrophy , Proc Soc Exp Biol Med 58:40-41 ( (Jan) ) 1945.Crossref 21. Adams, R. D.; Denny-Brown, D.; and Pearson, C. M.: Diseases of Muscle: A Study in Pathology , ed 2, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1962. 22. Greenfield, J. G., et al: An Atlas of Muscle Pathology in Neuromuscular Diseases , Edinburgh: E. and S. Livingstone, Ltd., 1957. 23. Rigdon, R. H.: Amyloidosis: Spontaneous Occurrence in White Pekin Ducks , Amer J Path 39:369-378 ( (Sept) ) 1961. 24. Rigdon, R. H.: A Spontaneously Occurring Muscle Necrosis and Amyloidosis in the White Pekin Duck , Amer J Vet Res 23:1057-1064 ( (Sept) ) 1962. 25. Rigdon, R. H.: Granules in Muscles of Dystrophic Ducks , Fed Proc 22:1951 ( (March-April) ) 1963. 26. Fetterman, G. H.; Wratney, M. J.; Donaldson, J. S.; and Danowski, T. S.: Muscular Dystrophy: I. History, Clinical Status, Muscle Strength, and Biopsy Findings , AMA J Dis Child 91:326-338 ( (April) ) 1956.Crossref 27. Pearce, G. W.: " Electron Microscopy in the Study of Muscular Dystrophy ," in Muscular Dystrophy in Man and Animals , edited by G. H. Bourne and M. N. Golarz, Basel, Switzerland: S. Karger, AG, 1963, chap 4. 28. van Breemen, V. L.: Ultrastructure of Human Muscle: II. Observations on Dystrophic Striated Muscle Fibers , Amer J Path 37:333-341 ( (Sept) ) 1960. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Internal Medicine American Medical Association

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Abstract A spontaneously occurring myopathy that resembles in many ways muscular dystrophy in man has been observed in a strain of white Pekin ducks.1,2 Of these ducks, 10% developed contractures, usually between the 7th and 21st day of life, in one or both extremities.3 Many had muscular weakness and morphologic changes in the muscle without contractures. The histologic lesions in the striated muscle were characterized by focal areas of necrosis within individual muscle fibers.1-3 Genetic studies now in progress would suggest that transmittal does occur. A variety of agents have produced degenerative lesions in the striated muscle of different laboratory animals: irradiation,4,5 a chemical,6 bacterial infections,7 viruses,8 vitamin deficiency,9 and massive doses of cortisone.10,11 A genetic disease has been described in which there are degenerative lesions in the striated muscle of the mouse,12 hamster,13,14 and chicken.15-17 Progressive muscular dystrophy References 1. Rigdon, R. H.: Muscular Dystrophy: Spontaneous Occurrence in Ducks , Tex Rep Biol Med 19: 167-177 ( (spring) ) 1961. 2. Rigdon, R. H.: Spontaneous Muscular Dystrophy in the White Pekin Duck , Amer J Path 39:27-40 ( (July) ) 1961. 3. Rigdon, R. H.: Perosis Secondary to Spontaneously-Occurring Muscle Necrosis in the Duck , Amer J Vet Res 24:1030-1037 ( (Sept) ) 1963. 4. Warren, S.: Effects of Radiation on Normal Tissues: XIV. Effects on Striated Muscle , Arch Path 35:347-349 ( (Feb) ) 1943. 5. Warren, S.: The Histopathology of Radiation Lesions , Physiol Rev 24:225-238 ( (April) ) 1944. 6. Hicks, S. P.: Brain Metabolism in Vivo: II. The Distribution of Lesions Caused by Azide, Malononitrile, Plasmocid and Dinitrophenol Poisoning in Rats , Arch Path 50:545-561 ( (Nov) ) 1950. 7. Forbus, W. D.: Pathologic Changes in Voluntary Muscle: I. Degeneration and Regeneration of the Rectus Abdominis in Pneumonia , Arch Path Lab Med 2:318-339 ( (Sept) ) 1926. 8. Dalldorf, G., and Sickles, G. M.: An Unidentified, Filtrable Agent Isolated From the Feces of Children With Paralysis , Science 108:61-62 ( (July) ) 1948.Crossref 9. Pappenheimer, A. M.: On Certain Aspects of Vitamin E Deficiency , Springfield, Ill: Charles C Thomas, Publisher, 1948. 10. Ellis, J. T.: Studies on the Nature and Pathogenesis of Muscular Degeneration in Cortisone-Treated Rabbits , Bull Acad Med 29:814-817 ( (Oct) ) 1953. 11. Ellis, J. T.: Necrosis and Regeneration of Skeletal Muscles in Cortisone-Treated Rabbits , Amer J Path 32:993-1013 ( (Sept-Oct) ) 1956. 12. Michelson, A. M.; Russell, E. S.; and Harman, P. J.: Dystrophia Muscularis: A Heredittary Primary Myopathy in the House Mouse , Proc Nat Acad Sci 41:1079-1084 ( (Dec) ) 1955.Crossref 13. Homburger, F.; Baker, J. R.; Nixon, C. W.; and Wilgram, G.: New Hereditary Disease of Syrian Hamsters , Arch Intern Med 110:660-662 ( (Nov) ) 1962.Crossref 14. Homburger, F.; Baker, J. R.; Nixon, C. W.; and Whitney, R.: [ Primary, Generalized Polymyopathy and Cardiac Necrosis in an Inbred Line of Syrian Hamsters ], Med Exp (Basel) 6:339-345, 1962.Crossref 15. Asmundson, V. S., and Julian, L. M.: Inherited Muscle Abnormality in the Domestic Fowl , J Hered 47:248-252 ( (Oct) ) 1956. 16. Cornelius, C. E.; Law, G. R. J.; Julian, L. M.; and Asmundson, V. S.: Plasma Aldolase and Glutamic-Oxaloacetic Transaminase Activities in Inherited Muscular Dystrophy of Domestic Chicken , Proc Soc Exp Biol Med 101:41-44 ( (May) ) 1959.Crossref 17. Rigdon, R. H.; Ferguson, T. M.; and Couch, J. R.: Muscular Dystrophy in the Chicken: A Pathologic Study , Tex Rep Biol Med 20:446-453 ( (fall) ) 1962. 18. Milhorat, A. T.: "Observations on the Pathogenesis of Progressive Muscular Dystrophy," in Proceedings of the First and Second Medical Conferences, New York: Muscular Dystrophy Association of America, Inc., Scientific Department, 1951-1952. 19. West, W. T., and Mason, K. E.: Degeneration and Regeneration in Experimental Muscular Dystrophy , Amer J Phys Med 34:223-239 ( (Feb) ) 1955. 20. Milhorat, A. T.; Toscani, V.; and Bartels, W. E.: Effect of Wheat Germ on Creatinuria in Dermatomyositis and Progressive Muscular Dystrophy , Proc Soc Exp Biol Med 58:40-41 ( (Jan) ) 1945.Crossref 21. Adams, R. D.; Denny-Brown, D.; and Pearson, C. M.: Diseases of Muscle: A Study in Pathology , ed 2, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1962. 22. Greenfield, J. G., et al: An Atlas of Muscle Pathology in Neuromuscular Diseases , Edinburgh: E. and S. Livingstone, Ltd., 1957. 23. Rigdon, R. H.: Amyloidosis: Spontaneous Occurrence in White Pekin Ducks , Amer J Path 39:369-378 ( (Sept) ) 1961. 24. Rigdon, R. H.: A Spontaneously Occurring Muscle Necrosis and Amyloidosis in the White Pekin Duck , Amer J Vet Res 23:1057-1064 ( (Sept) ) 1962. 25. Rigdon, R. H.: Granules in Muscles of Dystrophic Ducks , Fed Proc 22:1951 ( (March-April) ) 1963. 26. Fetterman, G. H.; Wratney, M. J.; Donaldson, J. S.; and Danowski, T. S.: Muscular Dystrophy: I. History, Clinical Status, Muscle Strength, and Biopsy Findings , AMA J Dis Child 91:326-338 ( (April) ) 1956.Crossref 27. Pearce, G. W.: " Electron Microscopy in the Study of Muscular Dystrophy ," in Muscular Dystrophy in Man and Animals , edited by G. H. Bourne and M. N. Golarz, Basel, Switzerland: S. Karger, AG, 1963, chap 4. 28. van Breemen, V. L.: Ultrastructure of Human Muscle: II. Observations on Dystrophic Striated Muscle Fibers , Amer J Path 37:333-341 ( (Sept) ) 1960.

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