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Avian ganglioneuritis (AG), commonly referred to as PDD (proventricular dilatation disease), is characterized by lymphoplasmacytic ganglioneuritis, with inflammatory infiltrates occurring in both the central and peripheral nervous system. This can include the autonomic nervous system serving the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. The resultant neurologic dysfunction leads to smooth muscle atrophy, reduced peristalsis, dilatation, and retention of food in one or more segments of the GI tract (esophagus, ingluvies, proventriculus, ventriculus, or intestine) and subsequent maldigestion. There are myriad clinical manifestations of AG beyond the proventricular dilatation from which it takes its most common name. These manifestations depend on which nerves are most severely affected; patients may have neurologic signs, GI signs, cardiac dysfunction, or a combination of these. Click Here to learn more.
