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Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. animal and human health
  3. diseases and disorders (animals and humans)
  4. nervous system diseases
  5. prion diseases
  6. transmissible mink encephalopathy
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. animal and human health
  3. diseases and disorders (animals and humans)
  4. nervous system diseases
  5. prion diseases
  6. transmissible mink encephalopathy
  1. Fields of Study
  2. diseases and disorders (animals and humans)
  3. infectious diseases and infestations
  4. infectious diseases
  5. prion diseases
  6. transmissible mink encephalopathy
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. diseases and disorders (animals and humans)
  3. infectious diseases and infestations
  4. infectious diseases
  5. prion diseases
  6. transmissible mink encephalopathy
  1. Fields of Study
  2. animal and human health
  3. diseases and disorders (animals and humans)
  4. animal diseases
  5. mink diseases
  6. transmissible mink encephalopathy
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. animal and human health
  3. diseases and disorders (animals and humans)
  4. animal diseases
  5. mink diseases
  6. transmissible mink encephalopathy

Preferred term

transmissible mink encephalopathy

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information A naturally occurring subacute spongiform encephalopathy in commercially ranch-reared mink (Mustela vision). It is characterized neuropathologically by spongiform changes in the neuropil, intracytoplasmic neuronal vacuolation and astrocytic hypertrophy and hyperplasia.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Synonyms

  • hypertransmissible mink encephalopathy

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/53105

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