Spongiform encephalopathy in an arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx) and a greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros)
Spongiform encephalopathy in an arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx) and a greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros)
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阿拉伯羚羊 (Oryx leucoryx) 和大捻角羚 (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) 的海绵状脑病
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1990
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S. Jackson
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J. Kirkwood;G. Wells;J. Wilesmith;A. Cunningham;S. Jackson
描述了一只阿拉伯大羚羊和一只大捻角羚的痒病样脑病的临床、病理学和流行病学细节。临床体征包括共济失调和状态丧失，临床病程较短（分别为22天和3天）。脑组织病理学检查显示海绵状脑病特征性的羊瘙痒症和牛海绵状脑病（BSE）。这些病例可能与BSE有共同的病因。英国现已在五种外来偶蹄动物中描述了羊瘙痒样海绵状脑病，这表明迄今为止尚不清楚的更广泛的反刍动物物种是这些疾病的天然宿主。
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.