Spongiform encephalopathy in a miniature zebu
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Torsten Seuberlich1, Catherine Botteron, Christian Wenker
1University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland. torsten.seuberlich@itn.unibe.ch
Emerging Infectious Diseases
|March 1, 2007
Abstract:
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).
