Transmissible mink encephalopathy

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Transmissible mink encephalopathy 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.

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Contributors: Prab R. Tumpati, MD