NR ASCB
AU Kirkwood,J.K.; Cunningham,A.A.; Flach,E.J.; Thornton,S.M.; Wells,G.A.H.
TI Spongiform encephalopathy in another captive cheetah (acinonyx-jubatus) - evidence for variation in susceptibility or incubation periods between species
QU Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine : official publication of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians 1995; 26(N4): 577-82
PT Article
AB Spongiform encephalopathy has been reported recently in three species of Felidae, the domestic cat (Felis cattus), cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus), and puma (Felis concolor). It is likely that at least some cases were caused by eating tissues from cattle judged unfit for human consumption and which were infected with the bovine spongiform encephalopathy agent. here we report a fourth case in a captive cheetah and discuss some epidemiologic aspects of the disease in cheetahs and implications to captive breeding and reintroduction programs for this species, Since it is likely that other species of zoo felids have been exposed to food that may have contained the bovine spongiform encephalopathy agent, the relatively high incidence of the disease in cheetahs suggests that they may be more susceptible than other species in the family Felidae or that there are variations in incubation period among species.
IN Die Autoren berichten über den vierten Zoo-Gepard (Acinonyx jubatus) namens Michelle (14.5.86-22.12.93 [AGMP], der an einer spongiformen Enzephalopathie starb. Da bisher hauptsächlich Geparden starben, obwohl auch andere Großkatzen in Zoos verseuchtes Futter fraßen, scheinen Geparden besonders empfänglich für BSE zu sein.
ZR 33
SP englisch