Spongiform encephalopathy in a miniature zebu.
The first case of spongiform encephalopathy in a zebu (Bos indicus) was identified in a zoo in Switzerland. Although histopathologic and immunohistochemical analyses of the central nervous system indicated a diagnosis of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), molecular typing showed some features different from those of BSE in cattle (B. taurus).
Seuberlich
Torsten
T
University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland. torsten.seuberlich@itn.unibe.ch
Botteron
Catherine
C
Wenker
Christian
C
Café-Marçal
Valeria Anna
VA
Oevermann
Anna
A
Haase
Bianca
B
Leeb
Tosso
T
Heim
Dagmar
D
Zurbriggen
Andreas
A
D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D008297:Male; D017096:Prion Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D011328:Prions / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
D011328:Prions