Amyloid plaques in spongiform encephalopathy of mule deer.
Amyloid plaques were demonstrable in central nervous system tissues of adult captive mule deer affected with chronic wasting disease, a transmissible primary spongiform encephalopathy. Plaques were detected in tissues of 13 of 21 (62 per cent) spontaneously affected animals from 2 to 4 years of age or older, but were not found in 16 unaffected deer of from a few months to 12 years of age.
D000367:Age Factors; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology; D003670:Deer; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary