Table 2.

PrP immunostaining in non-nervous system tissues of spontaneous cases of spongiform encephalopathy in eulemurs and in microcebes fed with BSE-infected brain tissue (nos. 654 and 656)

Species and animal no.	Tonsil	Digestive tract						Spleen
		Esophagus		Stomach		Intestine
		Epithelium	Lymphoreticular cells	Epithelium	Lymphoreticular cells	Epithelium	Peyer’s patches
Eulemurs
456
586
700		0	+	++	+	0	0	0
701		0	+	+	+	0	0	(+)
702				+	+	++		(+)
703				0	(+)	++		(+)
704				0	(+)	++	++	+
705				0	(+)	(+)	(+)	+
706	+			(+)	(+)	(+)	(+)
707	+			0	(+)	++	(+)	+
708	+			0	(+)	++		+
709	+			(+)	+	+	++
710	(+)							(+)
711	+
712								(+)
713	++							+
714	++							+
715	+							+
716		0	+	+	+	+	+
717
Microcebes
654	+	+	+	+	+	+
656		(+)	0	+	++	++	++	+

Immunostaining symbols: 0, absent; (+), trace positive; +, moderate positive; ++, strong positive; +++, widespread strong positive.