Table 3.

PrP, Tau, and GFAP immunopositivity, and micro-vacuolation in 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.	Brain						Spinal cord
	PrP		Tau	GFAP	Vacuoles
	Neurons	Fiber tracts			Parenchyma	Fiber tracts	PrP	GFAP
Eulemurs
456	+	+			+++	+++
586	+	+			+	+
700	0	0	+	+	++	(+)	+	++
701	0	++	+	+	+++	+++	+	++
702	(+)	++	+	+++	+++	++
703	(+)	++	+	+	+++	+	+	++
704	0	0	+	+	0	(+)		+
705	0	+	+	++	+++	++
706	0	+	+	+++	+++	++	+
707	(+)	++	++	++	++	++
708	(+)	+	++	++	(+)	(+)
709	(+)	++	+++	+	+	+
710	0	+	++	(+)	+++	++
711	0	+	++	++	+	+
712	(+)	+	+++	+++	+++	++		++
713	(+)	+	+++	+++	+++	+
714	+	+	+++	+	++	+
715	0	+	++	+	+++	++
716	0	+	+++	+	++	++
717	0	+	+++	(+)	+++	+
Microcebes
654
656	0	+	+++	++	++	+++	+	++

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