Ibaraki Prefectural Livestock Center

Concurrent fibrinogen Aα-chain amyloidosis and AA amyloidosis in a Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti)

Abstract Amyloidosis is a disease characterized by the deposition of abnormally folded proteins as amyloid fibrils in tissues and occurs in various mammals and birds. In some cases, amyloids derived from two different precursor proteins may coexist in the same individual, a condi...