INVESTIGATIONS CONCERNING THE OCCURRENCE OF BSE IN ITALY BY MEANS OF BRAINS FROM NORMALLY SLAUGHTERED CATTLE WITH SPECIAL CONSIDERATION OF NONSPECIFIC NEURONAL VACUOLES

Authors
GUARDA F FATZER R
Citation
F. Guarda et R. Fatzer, INVESTIGATIONS CONCERNING THE OCCURRENCE OF BSE IN ITALY BY MEANS OF BRAINS FROM NORMALLY SLAUGHTERED CATTLE WITH SPECIAL CONSIDERATION OF NONSPECIFIC NEURONAL VACUOLES, Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde, 137(3), 1995, pp. 101-103
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde → ACNP
ISSN journal
00367281
Volume
137
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
101 - 103
Database
ISI
SICI code
0036-7281(1995)137:3<101:ICTOOB>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
In order to find out whether BSE exists in Italy 378 brains of normall y slaughtered 2-10 years old cattle submitted from slaughterhouses all over the country were examined histologically. None showed the typica l lesions of BSE. About 11,5% of the brains contained large vacuoles i n the neurons of brain stem nuclei, in particular the red nucleus in t he midbrain. They were considered non specific.