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The Veterinary Record, Vol 131, Issue 19, 431-434
Copyright © 1992 by British Veterinary Association

Short Communications

Spongiform encephalopathy in a captive puma (Felis concolor)

K Willoughby, DF Kelly, DG Lyon, and GA Wells

Department of Veterinary Clinical Science, University of Liverpool.

A captive adult puma developed ataxia, a hypermetric gait and whole body tremor. The signs progressed over a period of six weeks. Histopathological examination following euthanasia demonstrated spongiform encephalopathy, gliosis and mild non-suppurative meningoencephalitis. Immunostaining with a polyclonal antiserum revealed prion protein (PrP) associated with these changes in sections of cervical spinal cord and medulla. This is the first confirmed case of a scrapie-like spongiform encephalopathy described in a non-domestic cat in the United Kingdom.


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