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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Fields of Study > animal and human health > diseases and disorders (animals and humans) > nervous system diseases > prion diseases > transmissible mink encephalopathy
Animals, Livestock, One Health > animal and human health > diseases and disorders (animals and humans) > nervous system diseases > prion diseases > transmissible mink encephalopathy
Fields of Study > animal and human health > diseases and disorders (animals and humans) > infectious diseases and infestations > infectious diseases > prion diseases > transmissible mink encephalopathy
Animals, Livestock, One Health > animal and human health > diseases and disorders (animals and humans) > infectious diseases and infestations > infectious diseases > prion diseases > transmissible mink encephalopathy
Fields of Study > animal and human health > diseases and disorders (animals and humans) > animal diseases > mink diseases > transmissible mink encephalopathy
Animals, Livestock, One Health > animal and human health > diseases and disorders (animals and humans) > animal diseases > mink diseases > transmissible mink encephalopathy
Preferred Term:

encefalopatía transmisible del visón

Definition:
Tipo de encefalopatía espongiforme subaguda que ocurre en forma natural en visones criados en granjas comerciales (Mustela vision). En términos neuropatológicos, se caracteriza por cambios espongiformes en el neuropilo, vacuolación neuronal intracitoplásmica, hipertrofia e hiperplasia astrocítica.
Concept Schemes:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt
Términos Genéricos:
enfermedades por prión, enfermedades del visón
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/53105
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