title: [Examination of the brains of slaughtered cattle for the occurrence of BSE in Italy with attention to non-specific neuronal vacuoles].
abstract: In order to find out whether BSE exists in Italy 378 brains of normally slaughtered 2-10 years old cattle submitted from slaughterhouses all over the country were examined histologically. None showed the typical lesions of BSE. About 11.5% of the brains contained large vacuoles in the neurons of brain stem nuclei, in particular the red nucleus in the midbrain. They were considered non specific.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Tierneurologie, vet.-med. Fakultät, Universität Bern.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Guarda
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fatzer
mesh_terms: D000003:Abattoirs; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D002417:Cattle; D016643:Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D014617:Vacuoles / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: Untersuchungen an Gehirnen von Schlachtrindern zum Vorkommen von BSE in Italien unter Beachtung unspezifischer neuronaler Vakuolen.