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Feces May Transmit Fatal Cheetah Disease Tuesday, May 13, 2008 - Ehud Rattner Home >> Headlines >> Biology   
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A fatal, Alzheimer's-like disease that attacks cheetahs' internal organs and has impeded breeding of the cats in captivity may be spread by their feces. Researchers from Japan and China report in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA that the disease, AA amyloidosis, was transmitted to mice exposed to fecal proteins from a cheetah that died of it. (source: sciam.com)
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