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. 2012 Sep 11;43(1):65. doi: 10.1186/1297-9716-43-65

Table 2.

Microscopic lesions in BAGV infected game birds

Lesion Partridge
Pheasant
Wood Pigeon
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 1 2
Cerebrum
Neuronal necrosis






+

+
+
+
NT
+
Neuronophagia
+

+

+

+



+
NT
+
Satellitosis
+
+
+
+





+
+
NT

Gliosis
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
NT
+
Perivascular cuffing



+

+
+
+
+


NT

Endothelial hypertrophy
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
NT
+
Glial necrosis





+


+


NT

Cerebellum
Gliosis





+
+

+

+
NT

Perivascular cuffing



+

+
+

+


NT

Purkinje cell necrosis



+
+

+
+
+

+
NT
+
Purkinje cell disappearance
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+


NT

Endothelial hypertrophy
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
NT
+
Optic lobe
Neuronal necrosis
+
+
+




+
+

+
NT
NT
Gliosis

+
+
+

+
+

+

+
NT
NT
Perivascular cuffing




+

+

+


NT
NT
Endothelial hypertrophy
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
NT
NT
Glial necrosis



+

+





NT
NT
Spleen
Capsular thickening
+
+
+
+

+

+

NT

NT

Lymphoid depletion
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
NT
+
NT
+
Haemosiderosis
+
+
+
+
+
+



NT

NT
+
Granulocytic infiltration
+
+
+



+

+
NT

NT

Lymphoid necrosis


+
+
+




NT
+
NT

Endothelial swelling





+

+
+
NT

NT

Vascular wall thickening
+






+
+
NT

NT

Large intestine
Epithelial necrosis


+
+





NT
NT
NT
NT
Liver
Inflammatory infiltrate

+
+
+
+
+

+
+




Haemosiderosis
+
+
+
+
+
+






+
Hepatocellular necrosis



+






+


Pancreas
Acinar necrosis
+


+

NT



NT
NT
NT

Kidney
Inflammatory infiltrate
+
+

+
+



+

+


Tubular degeneration



+
+
+
+
+
+




Tubular necrosis


+
+


+

+
+
+

+
Heart
Inflammatory infiltrate


+
+

+


+
+
+
NT
+
Miofibrilar degeneration


+
+

+


+
+
+
NT

Miofibrilar necrosis


+
+







NT

Lung
Inflammatory infiltrate

+

+
+


+
+




Septal epithelial cells necrosis




+

+






Skin
Inflammatory infiltrate + + + + NT

+ Presence of lesion.

– Absence of lesion.

NT Tissue not tested.