Ultrastructure of Aortic Elastic Fibers in Copper-Deficient Sika Deer (Cervus nippon Temminck)

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Hiroyasu YOSHIKAWA¹  Hirokazu SEO¹  Shueqin WANG²  Hideaki UEKI¹  Takashi YOSHIKAWA¹  Tetsuro KUROTAKI¹ 

[1] Department of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Kitasato University;Department of Veterinary Medicine, Chungchong University of Agriculturee and Animal Sciences

关键词: aorta;    copper deficiency;    deer;   

DOI  :  10.1292/jvms.63.163

学科分类：兽医学

来源: Japanese Society of Veterinary Science

【 摘 要 】

References(29)Light microscopic and transmission and scanning electron microscopic observations were performed on the aortas of two 4- and 6-year-old deer affected with cervine ataxia and two 6-month- and 4-year-old healthy deer. Examination of the aortas from affected deer by transmission electron microscopy revealed the absence of distinct elastic laminae in the internal elastic lamina and tunica media, but discontinuous and irregular clumps of elastin were present. Scanning electron microscopy disclosed immature architecture of elastic fibers in the aortas from the copper-deficient deer, and the architecture was similar to that of a 6-month-old healthy deer.

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