Skip to main content
Figure 1 | Veterinary Research

Figure 1

From: Transmission of sheep-bovine spongiform encephalopathy to pigs

Figure 1

Histopathological and immunohistochemical features (A, B, D, E, G, H) and corresponding scoring (C, F, I) in brain sections from experimental pigs. A H&E staining, single neuropil vacuole in thalamus of control pig, B neuropil and intraneuronal vacuolation in Sh-BSE pig, and C comparative scoring. GFAP staining: D cerebellar cortex of control pig, E increased astrocytic reaction in clinically affected pig, and F comparative scoring. Iba-1 staining: G hippocampus of control pig, H increased number of reactive microglia in clinical pig, and I comparative scoring. Scores represent the mean ± standard error. Areas: FC frontal cortex, BG basal ganglia, LFC lateral frontal cortex, T thalamus, Ht hypothalamus, TPC temporal/parietal cortex, HC hippocampus, OC occipital cortex, Cbl cerebellum, MO medulla oblongata, CSC cervical, TSC thoracic, LSC lumbar spinal cord.

Back to article page