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The serum enzyme levels were studied in 4 calves which exhibited a hydrocephalic syndrome (encephalo-ophthalmomyopathy(10)). More than a 30-fold elevation of serum glutamic oxaloacetic and glutamic pyruvic transaminases, lactic and malic dehydrogenases, and aldolase was found compared with sera from normal calves of similar age. The elevated serum enzymes, not previously reported for calves with the hydrocephalic syndrome, were believed to be due to extensive and progressive muscular dystrophy observed in these calves.
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