Spontaneous aortic atherosclerosis in sheep
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The Rabbit Model of Accelerated Atherosclerosis: A Methodological Perspective of the Iliac Artery Balloon Injury
Published on: October 3, 2017
Veterinary Pathology
|September 1, 1979
Abstract:
Aortas of 334 sheep 6 months to 6 years old were stained with Sudan IV. Sudanophilic lesions resembling early fatty streaks of man were detected in 50% of these aortas. Metastatic calcification was seen in eight (2.3%) aortas.

