NR AGMT
AU Kirkwood,J.K.; Wells,G.A.H.; Wilesmith,J.W.; Cunningham,A.A.; Jackson,S.I.
TI Spongiform encephalopathy in an arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx) and a greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros)
QU The Veterinary Record 1990 Oct 27; 127(17): 418-20
KI Vet Rec. 1991 Feb 2;128(5):115. PMID: 2024421
PT journal article
AB Clinical, pathological and epidemiological details of scrapie-like encephalopathies are described in an arabian oryx and a greater kudu. Clinical signs included ataxia and loss of condition with a short, progressive clinical course (22 and three days, respectively). Histopathological examination of the brains revealed spongiform encephalopathy characteristic of that observed in scrapie and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). It seems probable that these cases have a common aetiology with BSE. Scrapie-like spongiform encephalopathies have now been described in five species of exotic artiodactyls in Britain indicating a, hitherto inapparent, wider range of ruminant species as natural hosts for these diseases.
IN Eine arabische oder weiße Oryx-Antilope (Oryx leucoryx) und eine große Kudu-Waldantilope (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) starben in einem englischen Zoo 22 bzw. 3 Tage nach den ersten erkannten Symptomen an spongiformen Encephalopathien. Was haben die Tiere gefressen?
MH Animal; *Animals, Zoo; *Antelopes; Brain Diseases/epidemiology/pathology/*veterinary; Case Report; Female; Neutropenia/pathology/veterinary; Slow Virus Diseases/epidemiology/pathology/*veterinary; Urea/blood
AD Veterinary Science Research Group, Institute of Zoology, London.
SP englisch
PO England