Volume 12, Number 12—December 2006
Dispatch
Spongiform Encephalopathy in a Miniature Zebu
Table 1
Site | Finding |
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Vertebral column | Severe degeneration of intervertebral discs with ankylosing spondylarthrosis |
Joints of extremities | Degenerative joint disease |
Liver | Biliary cysts (affecting 60% of the liver) |
Kidney | Tubular cysts; mild interstitial nephritis with glomerulosclerosis and tubular atrophy |
Urinary bladder | Multiple papillomas |
Abdominal cavity | Multiple foci of fat necrosis |
Cardiovascular system | Mild coronary arteriosclerosis; mild valvular endocardiosis (mitral valve) |
Mediastinal lymph nodes | Focal metastatic neuroendocrine tumor (origin unknown) |
Central nervous system | Spongiform encephalopathy; metabolic encephalopathy (hepatoencephalopathy) |
1These authors contributed equally to this work.
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