Table 3.

Animals examined in this study

Animal	Age	Cause of dead	Histopathological findings
Regina	42 y	Euthanised because of deteriorating body condition	Mostly age related lesions: focal endocarditis; chronic interstitial nephritis; myodegeneration; mild lymphoid depletion in spleen No polyomavirus-associated lesions
Gina	43 y	Drowned	Bronchopneumonia; No polyomavirus-associated lesions
Melanie	12 y	Severely emaciated; died during anesthesia	Subacute pneumonia; hemosiderosis (spleen, liver)
Antoine	7 y	Died during anesthesia	No polyomavirus-associated lesions
Bob	14 y	Euthanised after episode of severe hematuria	Immune-mediated hemolytic anemia; No polyomavirus-associated lesions