Seuberlich, Torsten; Botteron, Catherine; Wenker, Christian; Café Marçal, Valéria; Oevermann, Anna; Haase, Bianca; Leeb, Tosso; Heim, Dagmar; Zurbriggen, Andreas (2006). Spongiform encephalopathy in a miniature zebu. Emerging infectious diseases, 12(12), pp. 1950-1953. Atlanta, Ga.: U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 10.3201/eid1212.060750
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The first case of spongiform encephalopathy in a zebu (Bos indicus) was identified in a zoo in Switzerland. Although histopathologic and immunohistochemical analyses of the central nervous system indicated a diagnosis of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), molecular typing showed some features different from those of BSE in cattle (B. taurus).