Table 2.

Immunoreactivity of primary antibodies in control tissues of small mammal pets (“+” indicates that there was a positive reaction in control tissues; “-” indicates that there was lack of any reaction in control tissues; and “nd” indicates that the investigation was not performed due to either a lack of the appropriate control tissue or a lack of the appropriate primary antibody).

Species	Vimentin (V9)	Vimentin (3B4)	α-SMA	Desmin	Iba-1	CD3	CD79a	CD20
guinea pig	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-
rat	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+
pet rabbit	+	+	+	+	nd	nd	+	nd
ferret	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+
golden hamster	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+
Djungarian hamster	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+
degu	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+
African pygmy hedgehog	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	-
Mongolian gerbil	+	-	+	+	nd	nd	nd	nd
chinchilla	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	-