[Spongiform encephalopathy in a red-necked ostrich (Struthio camelus)].

The paper describes anamnestic, macroscopic and microscopic findings in a female ostrich (Struthio camelus), euthanatized because of central nervous and locomotion disorders. Systemic arteriosclerotic lesions were combined with adiposis and signs of spongiform encephalopathy, localized in the brain stem and the medulla oblongata. Aetiopathogenesis of the disease remains unknown. Differential diagnosis is discussed and the disease compared to similar findings in mammals which suffered from BSE/scrapie.