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This study analysed the brains of two male, 5-week-old Australian Shepherd siblings that died after displaying severe neurological symptoms upon administration of MilproVet\u00ae to treat severe intestinal helminth infection. Despite the initial symptoms being similar, their case histories varied in terms of the symptom duration, access to supportive therapy and post-mortem interval. Histopathology and immunohistochemistry were used to obtain more information about the phase of the pathological processes in the brain, employing protein markers associated with acute hypoxic damage (\u03b2-amyloid precursor protein\/APP) and apoptosis (diacylglycerolkinase-\u03b6\/DGK-\u03b6, apoptotic protease activating factor 1\/Apaf1, and B-cell lymphoma related protein 2\/Bcl-2). 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